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OFFICIAL ROUTE BOOK 

of the 

Yellowstone 
Highway . .. 
Association 



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WYOMING and COLORADO 




The emblem and marking of this highway 
is described as a strip one foot wide of yellow 
and a strip one foot wide of stone color with 
a black H overlapping the two colors on the 
intersecting line. Emblematic of the Yellow- 
stone Highway. 

The route map of this highway has been 
carefully made under the direction of the 
Association officers and when made was 
corrected in that it for all time establishes the 
route through the state. 



Picture on front cover furnished by F. J. Haynes, St. Paul, Minn. 
and copyrighted by him. 
This Book copyrighted 1916 by Gus Holm's, Cody, Wyo. 



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This Association is affiliated with the 
National Highway Association, the Amer- 
ican Automobile Association and co-operat- 
ing with all other associations promoting 




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and developing roads leading to the four 
sides of YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL 
PARK. 

THE YELLOWSTONE HIGHWAY 

is the first, and the Wyoming link, in the 
proposed United States National Park 

Highway connecting 
all National Parks in 
the Rocky Moun- 
tains and on Pacific 
Coast. This associa- 
tion assumes the re- 
sponsibility of plac- 
ing and keeping in good condition for auto- 
mobile tourist travel the road to the East 
Entrance of the Yellowstone Park and is 
co-operating with the Lincoln Highway 
and all other roads entering Yellowstone 




It will heartily support any constructive 
movement for good roads everywhere and 
invites correspondence with the officers or 
the commissioners nearest the place where 
the proposed road enters WYOMING. 

Price 25c 

All proceeds accruing from the sale of 
this book are maintained in the Yellowstone 
Highway Association fund. 
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Gus Holm's, Chairman 

INTRODUCTION 

. . HE YELLOWSTONE HIGHWAY was organ- 
[ ized some years ago in Douglas, Wyoming, at 

a meeting called by the Douglas Good Roads 
Club, which has the distinction of being the 
first Club organized for the purpose of for- 
warding and promoting better roads in Wyo- 
ming. Mr. M. R. Collins sometimes called "Good Roads 
Collins," and other officials in the Douglas Good Roads 
Club should be credited with, and be given the honor of 
first promoting the Yellowstone Highway. A pathfinder 
trip was made by Mr. Collins in July, 1913. In his party 
were Mr. Townsend and family, also Harold Banner of 
Casper, and H. B. Southwick and F. B. Simpson of Doug- 
las, and a representative of the Blue Book Publishing Com- 
pany, R. A. Woodall. This party made the trip to the 
Eastern entrance of the Park, but for the reason that the 
Park was closed to automobiles, could not enter. How- 
ever, this knocking at the door of the Park has its place in 
the program of preliminary movements to secure the open- 
ing of the Park to rubber tires. To Mrs. Townsend be- 
longs the distinction of being the first lady to pass over the 
Yellowstone Highway. Too much credit cannot be given 
to the Blue Book Publishing Company, who have twice sent 
a representative over the Highway. In volume five, 1916, 
may be found a correct log of the Highway. 

The Yellowstone Highway Association was organized 
in Douglas, September 30th, 1915, at which time there were 
elected a full set of officers consisting of a Chairman, or 



In Wyoming and Colorado 



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Manager, Treasurer and nine Commissioners, one for each 
County through which the Highway passes. A .secretary 
was selected by the chairman. Each Commissioner is re- 
sponsible for his County and is just as much a part of this 
work as the chairman. At the above stated meeting the 
Association decided to give publicity to the Highway and 
assessed each County $100.00, the Commissioners being in- 
structed to raise this fund. Following this meeting, Chair- 
man Holm's and Secretary Newton decided that in order to 
give the road the desired publicity and to represent it 
rightly, they must make a trip over it, which was done in 
October and November, 1915. This trip was made by auto- 
mobile and stops were made in all towns on the Highway 
where the plans were presented and in that way the plans 
were given publicity, grew and the fund raised for the pub- 
lishing of this Book. 

The Object of this Book 

The object of this publication is not only to give accu- 
rate road information and advertise the Highway, but also 
to give reliable information regarding the attractions from a 
scenic standpoint, and an invitation to the traveler to 
stop and look each section over with a view of investing 
or locating in this most wonderful and progressive State. 
The information offered here over the signature of the 
writer is not intended to impart to the prospective settler 
all the information needed, but is an invitation for further 
inquiry. It is the desire of this Association to build up this 
State and we hope to so present the prospects that the 
reader may become interested. 

This Highway extends down into Colorado for two rea- 
sons : First, upon invitation from Colorado ; second, be- 
cause Wyoming is a sister State to Colorado and in select- 
ing a mountain trip, both states should be considered. We 
extend to the Colorado traveler our most cordial welcome. 

The Rocky Mountain Telephone Company is this year in- 
stalling what is known as the Daily Telephone Road Di- 
rectory. This is a means of informing the traveler by 
daily report to hotels, garages and other public places, the 
condition of the roads. This information is put up in the 
form of a report, and maps showing the roads in Wyoming 
in a number of different colors. These different colors rep- 
resent the State Highways, improved County Roads and 
Roads of less importance, but, nevertheless, passable. The 
information thus posted by the Telephone Company is re- 
ceived by the local road boosters and is calculated to fur- 
nish accurate information. 

It is desirable to have any intelligent traveler report the 
condition of the road between towns to the Commissioners 
of the Highway, who will in turn impart this information 
to the Telephone Company. In cases where the Commis- 
sioners cannot be found, the report should be given to some 
local person who expresses his interest in the Highway, 

Page Four Yellowstone Highway 



as it is only through the co-operation of the traveling 
public and the local people that the Telephone Company can 
maintain an accurate record of the road. 

This system has been used in other States successfully 
and deserves encouragement. The names and addresses 
of the Commissioners may be found at the end of this ar- 
ticle. 

Planning the Route 

As a result of the publicity given to the Yellowstone 
Highway, and the untiring efforts of the Highway Com- 
missioners in securing and placing before the various 
County Commissioners the information necessary to en- 
able them to see the advisability of furthering the Highway 
project, the respective counties came forward splendidly in 
most instances in assisting in the good work, and conse- 
quently the route for the proposed Highway was planned 
so as to extend to these respective counties their share in 
the ultimate benefits to be derived from same, thus giving 
to the Highway the possible appearance of leading in a 
roundabout way through the State. 

However, great care was exercised in planning the route 
to have it pass through those cities and towns where best 
hotel and garage accommodations could be secured for the 
traveler — also that it might offer the best attractions from a 
scenic standpoint, and at the same time be as direct a route 
as possible to the Park. As the Highway passes mostly 
through the mountains and not through open country, in 
many instances the route taken was the only practical one 
that could be selected. It was also found necessary to omit 
from the route some towns in close proximity to the High- 
way, although it can be truthfully stated that in no case 
was such omission prompted by personal motives. It is 
also to be regretted that in other instances some of the 
smaller towns along the route failed to respond to the re- 
quest of the Commissioners for the required information and 
assistance in the furthering of the project, for which reason 
— and the fact that these towns are privately owned — the 
officers of the Association are prompted to request that 
they be exempt from assuming any responsibility for the 
treatment extended at such towns by its citizens; but we 
do offer the best service and treatment in any of the towns 
furnishing material and support to this work, and would 
gladly recommend any and all of the places advertised. 

Possibilities 

It is the honest aim of this Association to promote this 
Highway as rapidly as possible that it may soon reach com- 
pletion — not merely as a dirt road, but macadamized and 
concreted the entire distance. In view of its permanence 
and extensiveness through the State it will receive first State 
and Federal aid. 



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Furthermore, as the increased travel over this road will 
call for first-class hotels, accommodations, etc., for the trav- 
eling and investigating public, of which at least 35 per cent 
will be seeking opportunities for investment and location, 
which will be offered them by the people of this State, 
there will be less likelihood for criticism regarding this 
Highway — due consideration being given to its recent con- 
struction. 

This route is the first link in the proposed Park to Park 
Highway. It is the plan to make it the most active sec- 
tion along this large undertaking. It will be our aim to 
make it at all times the best and most attractive route lead- 
ing to the Yellowstone National Park, and there is no ques- 
tion as to its superiority over all mountain trips. 

This Association is desirous of co-operating with the 
Governor and other State Officials in road work and the 
development of the State, and especially desires to further 
any movement for the improvement of Wyoming and the 
development of its many resources. It desires to invite all 
law-abiding travel and to such tourists it reaches out the 
right hand of friendship and invites them to Wyoming to 
the most scenic 70 miles of automobile road in the United 
States. 

To the traveling public we would suggest taking only 
such equipment as is actually needed ; warm clothing being 
the only additional load required. We would refer the 
traveler to another section of this book for further advice 
in this connection, and if additional information is desired, 
we would appreciate your addressing all inquiries to the 
Commissioners of the Highway or some reliable party. We 
consider roadside information unreliable, as it only results 
in disappointments and dissatisfaction. 

The Highway is to be marked with the emblem of the 
Highway and if followed should not be misleading. The 
officers of the Association with their respective addresses 
are as follows : 

Gus Holm's, Chairman, L. L. Newton, Sec, H. H. Hime, Treas., 
Cody, Wyoming. Cody, Wyoming. Basin, Wyoming. 



Commissioners 



G W. Hoyt, 

Cheyenne, Wyoming. 
M. R. Collins, 

Douglas, Wyoming. 
J. B. Okie, 

Lost Cabin, Wyoming. 
J. A. Howell, 

Worland, Wyoming. 
L. L. Newton, 

Cody, Wyoming. 



W. L. Ayers, 

Wheatland, Wyoming. 
S. W. Conwell, 

Casper, Wyoming. 
A. K. Lee, 

Thermopolis, Wyoming. 
H. H. Hime, 

Basin, Wyoming. 
C. H. Bond, 

Estes Park, Colorado. 



Any of the above-named gentlemen will gladly answer corre- 
spondence. 

GUS HOLM'S, Chairman. 



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Yellowstone Highway 



YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK. 
AUTOMOBILE REGULATIONS FOR THE SEASON OF 1916. 



(EFFECTIVE JUNE 15, 1916.) 

Department op the Interior, 

Washington, D. C, March 1, 1916. 
Pursuant to authority conferred by section 2475, Revised Statutes, 
United States, and the act of Congress approved May 7, 1894, the follow- 
ing regulations governing the admission of automobiles into the Yellow- 
stone National Park are hereby established and made public: 

1. Automobiles. — The park is open only to such automobiles as are 
operated for pleasure and not to those carrying passengers who are paying, 
either directly or indirectly, for the use of the machine. 

2. Motorcycles. — Motorcycles are not permitted to enter the park. 

3. Tickets of passage. — Ticket of passage must be secured and paid 
for at the checking station where the automobile enters the park. This 
ticket must be conveniently kept, so that it can be exhibited to park 
guards on demand, and must be surrendered at the last checking sta- 
tion on leaving the park. Tickets of passage will show (a) name of 
owner, (6) license number of automobile, (c) name of State issuing 
license, (d) make of machine and manufacturer's number, (e) name of 
driver, (/) seating capacity of machine, and (g) number of passengers. 

4. Fees. — Fees are payable in cash only, and will be as follows: $7.50 
for a single trip through the park and $10 for the season. All permits 
will expire on October 1 of the year of issue. 

5. Muffler cut-outs. — Muffler cut-outs must be closed while approach- 
ing or passing riding horses, horse-drawn vehicles, hotels, camps, or 
soldier stations. 

6. Distance apart — Gears and brakes. — Automobiles while in motion 
must not be less than 50 yards apart, except for purpose of passing, which 
is only permissible on comparatively level or slight grades. All auto- 
mobiles, except while shifting gears, must retain their gears constantly 
enmeshed. Persons desiring to enter the park in an automobile will be 
required to satisfy the guard issuing the ticket of passage that the ma- 
chine in general — and particularly the brakes and tires — are in first-class 
working order and capable of making the trip, and that there is sufficient 
gasoline in the tank to reach the next place where it may be obtained, 
and carries two extra tires. For this purpose, all drivers will be required 
effectually to block and skid the rear wheels with either foot or hand 
brake, or such other brakes as may be a part of the equipment of the 
automobile. Gasoline can be purchased at regular supply stations as 
per posted notices. 

7. Speeds. — Speeds must be limited to 12 miles per hour ascending 
and 10 miles per hour descending steep grades, and to 8 miles per hour 
when approaching sharp curves. On good roads with straight stretches, 
and when no team is nearer than 200 yards, the speed may be increased 
to 20 miles per hour. Horns must be sounded at all curves where the road 
can not be seen for at least 200 yards ahead, and when approaching 
teams or riding animals. 

8. Teams. — When teams, saddle horses, or pack trains approach, 
automobiles will take the outer edge of the roadway, regardless of the 
direction in which they may be going, taking care that sufficient room 
is left on the inside for the passage of vehicles and animals. Teams have 

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the right of way, and automobiles will be backed or otherwise handled 
as may be necessary so as to enable teams to pass with safety. In no case 
must automobiles pass animals on the road at a greater speed than 8 
miles per hour. 

9. Fines. — Fines or other penalties will be imposed for arrival of 
automobiles at any point before approved lapse of time, hereinafter 
given, at the following rates: $0.50 per minute for each of first five min- 
utes; $1.00 per minute for each of the next 20 minutes; $25.00 fine or 
ejection from the park, or both, in the discretion of the acting superin- 
tendent of the park, for being more than 25 minutes early. 

10. Penalties. — Violation of any of the foregoing rules or general regula- 
tions for government of the park will cause revocation of ticket of passage, 
and in addition to the penalties hereinbefore indicated will subject the 
owner of the automobile to any damage occasioned thereby, immediate 
ejectment from the reservation, and be cause for refusal to issue new 
ticket of passage to the owner without prior sanction in writing from the 
Secretary of the Interior. 

11. Accidents. — When, due to breakdowns or accidents of any other 
nature, automobiles are unable to keep going or to reach the next stopping 
place on time, they must be immediately parked off the road, or where 
this is impossible, on the outer edge of the road, and wait until the next 
schedule for automobiles past that point, or until given special permission 
to proceed by park guards. 

12. These regulations and schedules do not apply to automobiles pass- 
ing over the county road in the northwest corner of the park, en route 
to the town of Yellowstone, Mont. 

R. B. Marshall, 
Superintendent of National Parks. 
Approved : 

Stephen T. Mather, 

Assistant to the Secretary of the Interior. 



SCHEDULES AND GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS. 

Automobiles may leave the park by any one of the authorized routes 
of entrance. Automobile drivers should compare their watches with 
the clocks at checking stations. 

Automobiles stopping over at points other than the hotels and perma- 
nent camps will be allowed to resume travel only at such time as permits 
them to fall in with a subsequent regular automobile schedule past the 
point of stop-over. Such automobiles while stopping over must park 
out of sight of, or at least 100 yards from, the main road. 

Automobiles stopping over at permanent camps must leave the same 
at the proper time to conform with the published schedules from the 
nearest hotels. Detailed times of departure to comply with this provi- 
sion will be posted at the particular camps concerned. 

When, due to breakdowns or accidents of any other nature, automo- 
biles are unable to keep going, or to reach the next stopping place on 
time, they must be immediately parked off the road, or where this is 
impossible, on the outer edge of the road, and wait until the next sched- 
ule for automobiles past that point, or until given special permission to 
proceed by park guards. 

Automobiles will not be permitted for use on local trips around hot 
springs formation or other points of interest off the main roads, except 
in the case specially noted at Artist Point, in the morning schedule from 
the Lake Hotel to Canyon. 

Speeds. — Speeds must be limited to 12 miles per hour ascending and 
10 miles per hour descending steep grades, and to 8 miles per hour when 
approaching sharp curves. On good roads with straight stretches, and. 
when no team is nearer than 200 yards, the speed may be increased to 
20 miles per hour. 



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Horns. — The horn will be sounded on approaching curves or stretches 
of road concealed for any considerable distance by slopes, overhanging 
trees, or other obstacles; and before meeting or passing other machines, 
or riding or driving animals. 

Teams. — When teams, saddle horses, or pack trains approach, auto- 
mobiles will take the outer edge of the roadway, regardless of the direc- 
tion in which they may be going, taking care that sufficient room is 
left on the inside for the passage of vehicles and animals. Teams have 
the right of way, and automobiles will be backed or otherwise handled as 
may be necessary so as to enable teams to pass with safety. In no case 
will automobiles pass animals on the road at a greater speed than 8 miles 
per hour. 

In addition to the schedules herein given, automobiles must keep clear 
of any horse-drawn passenger vehicles running upon regular schedules 
which may be following them; and upon overtaking any horse-drawn 
passenger vehicles running upon regular schedules, automobiles must 
not attempt to pass or approach closer than within 150 yards of the same. 

Reduced engine power — Gasoline, etc. — Due to the high altitude of the 
park roads, averaging nearly 7,650 feet for the belt line and east, north, 
and west entrances, the power of all automobiles is much reduced, so that 
about 50 per cent more gasoline will be required than for the same distance 
at lower altitudes. Likewise one lower gear will generally have to be 
used on grades than would have to be used in other places. A further 
effect that must be watched is the heating of the engine on long roads, 
which may become serious unless care is used. Gasoline can be 
purchased at regular supply stations as per posted notices. 

Schedule A. 





Miles. 


Not earlier 
than — 


Not later 
than — 


GARDINER TO NORRIS. 
Leave Gardiner Entrance 



5 


8 
20 


27 


11 



14.7 
20 


21 



9 



19 


6.00 a. m. 
6.20 a.m. 
6.45 a.m. 


6.30 a. m. 


Arrive Mammoth Hot Springs 


7.00 a. m. 


Leave Mammoth Hot Springs 


7.15 a.m. 


Leave 8-mile Post 


8.00 a.m. 


Arrive Norris 


8.30 a.m. 


9.00 a.m. 


NORRIS TO WEST ENTRANCE. 
Leave Norris 




Arrive West Entrance 






NORRIS TO CANYON. 
Leave Norris 






Arrive Canyon 






(For Gallatin Station Entrance see Note 1.) 

NORRIS TO FOUNTAIN HOTEL. 

Leave Norris 


8.30 a.m. 
(Via Mes 


9.15 a.m. 


Leave Firehole Cascades 


a Road.) 
10.30 a. m. 


Arrive Fountain Hotel 


10.30 a.m. 

6.45 a.m. 
8.30 a.m. 

10.30 a.m. 
12.00 m. 

2.30 p.m. 

4.30 p.m. 


11.00 a.m. 


(For Gallatin Station Entrance see Note 1.) 

WEST ENTRANCE TO FOUNTAIN HOTEL. 

Leave West Entrance 


7.15 a. m. 


Arrive Fountain Hotel 


9.00 a.m. 


FOUNTAIN HOTEL TO THUMB. 
Leave Fountain Hotel 


11 00 a m. 


Arrive Upper Basin (Old Faithful Inn) 


12.30 p.m. 
3.00 p.m. 
5.00 p.m. 


Leave Upper Basin (Old Faithful Inn) 


Arrive Thumb Station. . 



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YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK. 
Schedule A — Continued. 



Miles. 



(For South Entrance see Note 1.) 
THUMB TO LAKE HOTEL. 



Leave Thumb Station. 
Arrive Lake Hotel 



LAKE HOTEL TO EAST BOUNDARY. 



Leave Lake Hotel (see Note 1) . 
Arrive East Boundary 



EAST BOUNDARY TO LAKE HOTEL. 



Leave East Boundary (see Note 1) . 
Arrive Lake Hotel 



LAKE HOTEL TO CANYON. 

Leave Lake Hotel 

Leave Canyon Soldier Station 

. (See Note 2.) 

Arrive Canyon Hotel 

CANYON TO NORRIS. 

Leave Canyon Hotel 

Arrive Norris 



Not earlier 
than — 



Not later 
than — 




28 





2s 





16 



17 




12 



(For Schedules from Norris to Fountain, Upper Basin, and 
West Entrance, see pages IH and V.) 

CANYON TO TOWER FALLS. 

Leave Canyon Hotel 

Arrive Tower Falls: 

Via Dunraven Pass 

Via Mount Washburn 



16 
19 



(For Cooke City Entrance see Note 1.) 

TOWER FALLS TO GARDINER. 

Leave Tower Falls - - 

Arrive Mammoth Hot Springs - - 20 

Leave Mammoth Hot Springs (via Main Road) - - 

Arrive Gardiner Entrance 5 

MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS TO GARDINER. 

Leave Mammoth Hot Springs (via Old Road) 

Arrive Gardiner Entrance 5 



4.30 p.m. 
5.45 p.m. 



7.00 a. m. 
9.00 a. m. 

9.10 a.m. 



2.15 p.m. 
3.00 p.m. 



1.30 p.m. 

3.00 p.m. 
4.15 p.m. 



3.15 p.m. 
5.30 p.m. 
7.00 a. m. 
7.20 a.m. 



S.45 a. m. 
9.30 a.m. 



5.00 p.m. 
6.15 p.m. 



7.30 a. m. 
10.00 a.m. 

10.10 a. m. 



2.30 p. m. 
3.30 p. m. 



2.00 p. m. 

3.45 p. m. 
4.45 p. m. 



4.45 p. m; 
6.45 p. m. 
7.30 a. m. 
S.00 a. m. 



9.00 a.m. 
9.45 a.m. 



Schedule B. 



GARDINER TO NORRIS. 

Leave Gardiner Entrance 

Arrive Mammoth Hot Springs 

Leave Mammoth Hot Springs 

Leave 8-mile Post 

Arrive Norris 

NORRIS TO WEST ENTRANCE 

Leave Norris 

Arrive West Entrance 

NORRIS TO CANYON. 

Leave Norris 

Arrive Canyon 




5 


8 

•20 




27 





11 



2.30 p.m. 
2.50 p.m. 
5.45 p.m. 



3.00 p.m. 
3.30 p.m. 
6.15p.m. 



See Note 3. 



4.00 p.m. 
6.00p.m. 



2.15p.m. 
3.00 p.m. 



4.30 p.m. 
6.30 p.m. 



2.30 p. m. 
3.30 p.m. 



YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK. 
Schedule B — Continued. 



(For Gallatin Station Entrance see Note 1.) 
NORRIS TO FOUNTAIN HOTEL. 
Leave Norris 



Leave Firehole Cascades. 
Arrive Fountain Hotel. . 



(For Gallatin Station Entrance see Note 1.) 
WEST ENTRANCE TO FOUNTAIN HOTEL. 



Leave West Entrance . . 
Arrive Fountain Hotel. 



FOUNTAIN HOTEL TO THUMB. 



Leave Fountain Hotel 

Arrive Upper Basin (Old Faithful Inn). 
Leave Upper Basin (Old Faithful Inn) . 
Arrive Thumb Station 



(For South Entrance see Note 1.) 
THUMB TO LAKE HOTEL. 



Leave Thumb Station . 
Arrive Lake Hotel 



LAKE HOTEL TO EAST BOUNDARY. 



Leave Lake Hotel (see Note 1) . 
Arrive East Boundary 



EAST BOUNDARY TO LAKE HOTEL. 



Leave East Boundary (see Note 1) . 
Arrive Lake Hotel 



LAKE HOTEL TO CANYON. 



Leave Lake Hotel 

Leave Canyon Soldier Station. 

(See Note 2.) 
Arrive Canyon Hotel 



CANYON TO NORRIS. 



Leave Canyon Hotel. 
Arrive Norris 



(For Schedules from Norris to Fountain, Upper Basin, and 
West Entrance, see pages III and V.) 

CANYON TO TOWER FALLS. 

LeaveCanyon Hotel 

Arrive Tower Falls: 

Via Dunraven Pass 

Via Mount Washburn 



(For Cooke City Entrance see Note 1.) 
TOWER FALLS TO GARDINER. 



Leave Tower Falls 

Arrive Mammoth Hot Springs 

Leave Mammoth Hot Springs (via Main Road). 
Arrive Gardiner Entrance 



Miles. 



U. 

20 




16 





20 

5 



Not earlier 
than — 



Not later 
than — 



4.00 p.m. 4.30 p.m. 
(Via Mesa Road or 
Madison Junction.) 



5.45 p.m. 



6.15p.m. 



7.30 p.m. 8.00 p.m. 
See Note 3. 



5.45p.m. 
6.45 p.m. 
7.00 a.m. 
8.30 a.m. 



8.30 a.m. 
10.00 a.m. 



6.15 p.m. 
7.00 p.m. 
7.30 a.m. 
9.30 a.m. 



9.30 a.m. 
11.30 a.m. 



2.00 p.m. 



3.15 p.m. 



7.00 a. m. 

8.30 a. m. 
9.45 a. m. 



8.30 a.m. 
10.00 a. m. 
2.30 p.m. 
2.50 p.m. 



2.30 p.m. 



3.45 p.m. 



7.30 a. m. 

9.15 a.m. 
10.15 a.m. 



10.15 a.m. 
12.15p.m. 
3.00 p. m. 
3.30 p.m. 



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YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK. 
Schedule B — Continued. 



Miles 



Not earlier 
than — 



Not later 
than — 



MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS TO GARDINER. 



Leave Mammoth Hot Springs (via Old Road) 
Arrive Gardiner Entrance 



11.45 a. m. 
12.15p.m. 



1.00 p. m. 
1.45 p. m. 



The acting superintendent of the park has authority to change these schedules if neces- 
sary. 

Note 1. — Owing to scarcity of travel on the roads named, automobiles will be permitted 
to travel without schedule on the roads between the South Entrance and the Thumb; 
between the East Entrance and the Lake; between the Northeast or Cooke City Entrance 
and Tower Falls Station; and between the West Entrance (Yellowstone, Montana), and 
the Northwest or Gallatin Station Entrance. Upon entering the main road at the Thumb, 
Lake, Tower Falls, and the West Entrance, however, automobiles must conform to the 
regular schedules. 

Note 2. — Automobiles making the morning trip from the Lake to the Canyon will be 
permitted to make the side trip to Artist Point, provided they keep within the schedule 
upon passing Canyon Soldier Station. 

Note 3. — The road from the Wylie Swan Lake Camp to Norris; the Norris-Fountain- 
Upper Basin-Thumb-Lake-Canyon-Norris road (called the Belt Line); and the road from 
the Canyon to Mammoth Hot Springs via Dunraven Pass, are open to automobile and 
truck travel without schedule from 6.30 p. m. to 6.45 a. m. 

R. B. Marshall, 

Superintendent of National Paris. 
Approved: 

Stephen T. Mather, 

Assistant to the Secretary of the Interior. 

NATURAL FE ATTIRES. 

The Yellowstone is probably the best known of our national parks. 
Its geysers are celebrated the world over because, for size, power, and 
variety of action, as well as number, the region has no competitor. New 
Zealand, which ranks second, and Iceland, where the word "geyser" 
originated, possess the only other geyser basins of prominence, but both 
together do not offer the visitor what he may see in two or three days in 
Yellowstone. Indeed, the spectacle is one of extraordinary novelty. 
There are few spots in this world where one is so strongly possessed by 
emotions of wonder and mystery. The visitor is powerfully impressed 
by a sense of nearness to nature's secret laboratories. 

The Yellowstone National Park is located in northwestern Wyoming, 
encroaching slightly upon Montana and Idaho. It is the largest national 
park. The central portion is essentially a broad, elevated, volcanic 
plateau, between 7,000 and 8,500 feet above sea level, and with an 
average elevation of about 8,000 feet. Surrounding it on the south, east, 
north, and northwest are mountain ranges with culminating peaks and 
ridges rising from 2,000 to 4,000 feet above the general level of the inclosed 
table-land. 

There are three geyser basins, the Norris, the Lower, and the Upper 
Basins, all lying in the west central part of the park. The geysers exhibit 
a large variety of character and action. Some, like Old Faithful, spout 
at accurate intervals, longer or shorter. Others are irregular. Some 
burst upward with immense power. Others shoot streams at angles or 
bubble and foam in action. There are many hot springs and caldrons of 
large size. The regions are grotesquely carved and gorgeously covered 
by the many colored mineral deposits in the water. 

The geysers are not the only wonders of the Yellowstone. Indeed, the 
entire park is a wonderland. The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone 
affords a spectacle worthy of a National Park were there no geysers. For 
noble ruggedness and particularly for gorgeous coloring it has few equals 
and only one superior. From the Lower Falls for 3 miles down the 
river abrupt walls upon both sides of the canyon, a thousand foot in depth, 
present a brilliancy and mingling of color beyond the power of description. 



YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK. VII 

The fossil forests of the Yellowstone National Park cover an extensive 
area in the northern portion of the park, being especially abundant along 
the west side of Lamar River for about 20 miles above its junction with 
the Yellowstone. Here the land rises rather abruptly to a height of 
approximately 2,000 feet above the valley floor. It is known locally as 
Specimen Ridge, and forms an approach to Amethyst Mountain. There 
is also a small fossil forest containing a number of standing trunks near 
Tower Falls, and near the eastern border of the park along Lamar River 
in the vicinity of Cache, Calfee, and Miller Creeks, there are many more 
or less isolated trunks and stumps of fossil trees. 

GENERAL INFORMATION. 

The Yellowstone National Park was created by the act of March 1, 1872, 
and has an area of 2,142,720 acres. It is under the control and supervision 
of the Secretary of the Interior, but it is patrolled by two troops of cavalry 
commanded by a line officer of the Army, assisted by a number of civilian 
scouts. Road and bridge construction and road sprinkling are under the 
direction of the Corps of Engineers of the United States Army. 

General information may be obtained at the superintendent's office at 
Fort Yellowstone, Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyo., and complaints regard- 
ing service should be addressed to that officer. The tourist season extends 
from June 15 to September 15. 

Heavy, strong clothing and heavy shoes (or light shoes and rubbers) are 
advisable. A raincoat or other light, serviceable wrap should be taken 
along. 

Telegrams may be sent from hotels to any part of the world. 

General stores are located at Mammoth Hot Springs, Upper Geyser 
Basin, and outlet of Yellowstone Lake. 

ACCOMMODATIONS . 

Yellowstone Park Hotel Co. — The Yellowstone Park Hotel Co. main- 
tains five hotels and two lunch stations in the park. The hotels are 
located at Mammoth Hot Springs, the Lower Geyser Basin, the Upper 
Geyser Basin, the outlet of Yellowstone Lake, and the Grand Canyon of 
the Yellowstone; the lunch stations are located at Norris Geyser Basin 
and the Thumb of the Lake. 

Wylie Permanent Camping Co. — The Wylie Permanent Camping Co. 
maintains permanent camps at Swan Lake Basin, Riverside (western 
entrance), Upper Geyser Basin, outlet of Yellowstone Lake, Grand Can- 
yon of the Yellowstone, Camp Cody (eastern entrance), and Tower Falls. 
In addition, lunch stations are maintained at the Gibbon Geyser Basin 
and at Thumb of Yellowstone Lake. . 

Shaw & Powell Camping Co.— The Shaw & Powell Camping Co. main- 
tains permanent camps at the following points: Near Obsidian Bridge, 
near Gibbon Falls, near Fountain Soldier Station, near Old Faithful Gey- 
ser, at the west Thumb of the Lake, near outlet of Yellowstone Lake, at 
Grand Canyon, and near Tower Falls. A lunch station is maintained on 
Madison River. 

GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS. 
PANOEAMIC VIEW. 

The view described below may be purchased from the Superintendent 
of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. 

Panoramic view of Yellowstone National Park; 18 by 21 inches; scale, 
3 miles to the inch. Price, 25 cents. 1 

This view is based on accurate surveys and gives an excellent idea of the configura- 
tion of the surface as it would appear to a person flying over it. The meadows and 
valleys are printed in light green, the streams and lakes in light blue, the cliffs and 
ridges in brown tints, and the roads in light brown. The lettering is printed in light 
brown and is easily read on close inspection, but merges into the other colors when 
the sheet is held at some distance. 



1 May also be purchased at the office of the superintendent of the park at Mammoth 
Hot Springs, but that office can not fill mail orders. 



VIII YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK. 

MAPS. 

Topographic maps of the park and adjacent areas may be purchased 
from the Director of the Geological Survey, Washington, D. C, at the 
prices indicated below. Remittances should be by cash or money order. 

Map of Yellowstone National Park; size 28* by 32 inches; scale, 2 miles 
to the inch. Price, 25 cents. 1 

The roads, trails, and names are printed in black, the streams and lakes in blue, 
and the relief is indicated by brown contour lines. 

The areas north, east, and south of the park are mapped on the atlas 
sheets of the Geological Survey listed below. These maps should be 
ordered by the names of the atlas sheets. They are printed in the same 
colors as the large map of the park described above. 

Area north of park: Livingston sheet, scale 4 miles to the inch. Price, 

10 cents. 
Area east of park: Crandall and Ishawooa sheets, scale 2 miles to the inch. 

Price, 10 cents each. 
Area south of park: Mount Leidy and Grand Teton sheets, scale 2 miles 

to the inch. Price, 10 cents each. 

INFORMATION CIRCULAR. 

The following publication may be obtained free by written request 
addressed to the Secretary of the Interior or by personal application to 
the office of the superintendent of the park: 

General information regarding Yellowstone National Park. 

This circular is issued each season and contains data regarding hotels, camps, and 
principal points of interest, lists of books and magazine articles, a sketch map, and 
the rules and regulations. 

ILLUSTRATED PUBLICATIONS. 

The following publications may be obtained from the Superintendent 
of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C, at the 
prices given. Remittances should be by money order or in cash: 

Geological History of Yellowstone National Park, by Arnold Hague, 24 
pages, including 10 illustrations, 10 cents. 1 

This pamphlet contains a general resume' of the geologic forces that have l>een 
active in the Yellowstone National Park. 

Geysers, by Walter Harvey Weed, 32 pages, including 23 illustrations, 
10 cents. 1 

In this pamphlet is a description of the forces which have produced the geysers, 
and the geysers of the Yellowstone are compared with those in Iceland and New 
Zealand. 

Fossil Forests of the Yellowstone National Park, by F. H. Knowlton. 32 
pages, including 15 illustrations, 10 cents. 1 

This pamphlet contains descriptions of the fossil forests of the Yellowstone 
National Park and an account of their origin. 

Fishes of the Yellowstone National Park, by W. C. Kendall (Bureau of 
Fisheries Document 818"). 1915. 28 pages, including 17 illustrations. 
5 cents. 

Contains descriptions of the species and lists of streams where found. 

'May also be purchased at the office of the superintendent of the park at Mammoth 
Hot Springs, but that office can not fill mail orders. 



WASHTXfiTOX : OOVERXMEXT PRIXTIXO OFFICE I 1916 



INDEX TO ADVERTISERS 



Automobilists in general, and particularly those interested in touring, 
are requested to patronize the individuals and firms represented herein, 
whose patronage helped to make the issue of this publication possible. 



Big Horn County — Basin 



Page 

Antler's Hotel 115 

Basin Alfalfa Mlg. Co 122 

" Enterprise Store-Grocery 122 

" Furniture Store 116 

" Garage 118 

" State Bank 116 

Berry Lumber Co 118 

Big Horn County Bank 116 



Page 

Big Horn Mlg. Co ... 122 

Markham House — Hotel 115 

Johnson-Pease — Clothiers 118 

Pioneer Bank IIS 

Smith, Dr. M. H 118 

Thompson, Lbr. & Hdw 122 

Wise, F. A., Drugs 116 

Zane, Gen'l Mdse 115 



Casper and Natrona County 



Barlitt, Mts. & Groc 76 

Berry Hotel 77 

Bingheimer Lbr. Co 71 

Bloom, Clothing. 79 

Boyle's Garage 75 

Campbell-Johnson Co., Clothiers 76 

Casper, Machst. & Garage 75 

" Merc. Co. 77 

" Nat'l. Bank 68 

" Pharmacy 90 

" Priv. Hospital 90 

" Laundry 84 

" Vulcanizing Plant 90 

Chamberlin Furn. Co 76 

Clothery 90 

Coliseum Garage 73 

Com'l & Savings Dept 90 

Duhling Garage 89 

Grand Cent. Stables 86 

Globe Shoe Co 86 

Golden Rule, Dept. Store 79 



Harned Furn. Co 81 

Hub — Photo Plays 87 

Iris Theater 87 

Jourgensen — Paints 89 

Kimball — Drugs 86 

Lambert, R. — Rl. Est 86 

Mid-West Hotel a. . 80 

Natrona El. Co 89 

Nelson, G. B— Rl. Est 76 

Nichols, R. H. — Lawyer 76 

Nicolaysen Lbr. Co 71 

Rhinoceros Hotel 77 

Richards & Cunningham — Mdse 87 

Schulte Bros. — Cigars & Candy 86 

Schulte Hdw. Co 81 

Stockmen's Nat'l Bank 68 

Townsends, C. H. — Mdse 80 

Walker Lbr. Co 81 

Wbeeler, M. P. — Rl. Est 81 

Wigwam — Conf 76 

Wyoming El. Co .84 



Cheyenne 



Auto Livery Co 25 

Bon— Clothing 27 

Capital Meat Mkt 27 

Chey. Lt., Fuel & Pwr. Co . 36 

Citizen's Nat'l Bank 39 

Daiber — Clothing 34 

Dinneen's Garage 25 

First Nat'l Bank 32 

Ind. Club of Cheyenne 23-39 

Ingersoll — Dry Goods 36 

Johnson Groc. Co 38 



Kelley Merc. Co 27 

Manewal Bky. & Cafe 27 

Myers Dry Gds. Co ! 38 

Palace — Drgst 36 

Plains Hotel 29 

Roedel — Drgst 34 

Stock Growers Bank 32 

Thompson Motor Co 25 

Union Merc. — Groc 36 

Washington Mkt. — Mts 38 

Wyo. Book Co 32 



Douglas 



Bolln — Gen'l Mdse 59 

Chgo. Hide, Fur. & Wool House 61 

Com'l Bank 55 

Daniels — Jeweler 61 

Douglas Merc. Co 59 

" Nat'l Bank 55 

First Nat'l Bank 57 

Florence Hdw. Co 57 

Ford Garage 53 



Golden Rule Store ;....". 61 

Haeseler Pharmacy ': . .61 

Hotel La Bonte v. 55 

Merritt — Mdse 53 

Morscb — Garage 60 

Overland Garage 60 

Peyton, Bolln — Groc 53 

Yellowstone Garage 60 

Western Ranch Ex 57 



Estes Park 



Church's — Conf 16 

Clatworthy — Studio .17 

Continental Oil Co 11 

Denver Auto Goods Co 13 

Elkhorn — Hotel 17 

Estes Park Bank 14 

■ Drug Co 13 

* Hotel 13 

Fall River — Ranch 19 



Grubb — Lvry 13 

Hayden — Rl. Est 14 

Hupp Hotel 14 

Lewiston Hotel 17 

Longs Peak Inn 19 

MacDonald — Groc 17 

Parke — Photo. Supls 14 

Rocky Mt. Trans. Co 16 

Samuel Service-Mdse 16 



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Page Seven 



Page 

Fairvlew Coal Co 66 

Glenrock Garage 63 

" Bank 66 

Hotel Kimball 63 



Page 

McDonald — Mdse 66 

Padden — Mdse 63 

Smyth — Mdse 66 

Sumner — Mdse 63 



Kirby 



Johnson — Gen'l Mdse 108 Nelson — Real Estate. 

Wrights — Auto. Service 107 



108 



Lost Cabin 

Oasis— Hotel 92 

Manderson 

Foe — Saunders — Lbr 113 McDonald — Mdse 113 

Manderson Pharmacy 113 Nowels & Church — Hdw 113 

" Bank 113 Quiner — Mdse 1 13 

Sykes & Brown — Livery 113 



Park County and Cody 



Bakery, The 138 

Brundage Hdw. Co 135 

Buffalo Bill's Hotel 125 

" " Ranch 125 

Chamberlins — Restaurant 138 

Cody Cafe 138 

Cody Drug & Jewelry Co 139 

" Garage 131 

" Laundry 140 

" Trading Co 130 

First Nat* 1 Bank 139 

Harding Curio & Drug 140 

Haid's — Mdse 136 

Holm Lodge 127 

Valley Ranch Co. 



Holm's Auto Repairing 140 

Jones — Clothing 136 

Lambeit — Mdse 136 

Montana Ins. Co 139 

Newton Co. — Mdse 145 

Newton's Herald 145 

Palace — Meats 138 

Pahaska — Resort 127 

Park Garage 133 

Schwoob — Blksmith 133 

Shoshone El. Lt. & Pwr. Co 135 

Shoshone Nat'l Bank 139 

Standard Restaurant 12.5 

Thurston — Ford Agt 135 

127 



Platte County ( Wheatland) 



Ayers — Feed Yds. — Jefferv Agt 49 

Banner Grocery 44 

Buechner — Jeweler 44 

Chugwater Trading Co 40 

" Bank 40 

Commercial Hotel 44 

Dolph — Machst (Glendo) 51 

Foster Lbr. Co 42 

Globe Hotel 44 

Golden Rule — Dry Goods 46 

Wyo. Develop. Co. 



McCallum— Lbr 42 

McDougall — Clothing 46 

Miller & Son— Mdse 51 

Palace Mkt. — Meats 44 

State Bank of Wheatland 42 

Webster — Stor & Repr 49 

Wheatland Hdw. Co 42 

" Hospital 46 

■ Roller Mill Co 49 

Windom & Turpen — Carp. & Contr.. . .49 
40 



Thermopolis 



Big Horn Theater 98 

Big Store — Gen'l Mdse 102 

Emery Hotel 95 

Emery Annex — Hotel 106 

Enderly — Auto. Supplies 100 

First Nat'l Bank 103 

Golden — Cleaners 102 

Gugenheim Co. — Ladies Store 100 

Herard's — Drugs 103 

Hopewell Hosp. Assoc 106 

Hot Springs — Pwr. Co 97 

Keystone Hotel 103 

Lee — Ford Agt 97 

Martin's Pharmacy 95 

Metz Studio 103 



Mission — Cigars, Candy 98 

Owen — RI. Est 106 

Palace Clothing 100 

Peterson Garage 102 

Rothrock — Jeweler 103 

Smith & Murphy— Cigars 98 

Star Plunge — Baths 106 

Stewart Lbr. Co 98 

Thermopolis Saddlery Co 97 

■ Bank 94 

Thompson Lbr. Co 98 

■ Furniture 106 

Washakie Hotel 94 

Wigwam Hotel 106 

Wyoming Trust Co 94 



Alfa Fa Club . 



Washakie County and Worland 

110 West & Sands — Gen'l Mdse 110 




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WHEN NATURE CROONS HER EVENING 

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It is twilight on an Indian summer day, 

A truant ray of the setting sun gleams over the horizon, 

Where crouch the distant foothills like gaunt giants of old ; 

Specter clouds race across the gray ,sky, 

As if in haste to lift the veil of tranquil night. 

In the west a timid star peeps forth, 

A friendly beacon for the traveler. 

The plain is brown with stubble grass, 

Scorched by the blighting heat of August ; 

A frightened gopher scurries across our path 

And darts into its hole. 

The motor hums a symphony of peace, 

The wheels roll over the winding trail 

With moccasin tread and all the world seems good. 

Nature is crooning her evening lullaby, 

And a blinking day is being put to sleep — 

Oh, hum! How much did you lose on the world's series? 



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Yellowstone Highway 



CONOCO 

Superior 
Gasoline 



A Clean Uniform Motor Fuel 



<Polarine 



FRICTION REDUCING MOTOR OIL 



The use of good lubricants insures the life 
of your motor, guarantees highest efficiency 
with increased power and speed. 



The Continental Oil Company 

(A Colorado Corporation) 

Denver Cheyenne Wheatland 

Douglas Casper 

Basin Thermopolis Cody 



In Wyoming and Colorado Page Eleven 




ESTES PARK AND ROCKY 
MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK 

HE Park-to-Park Highway will run into Estes 
Park and the Rocky Mountain National Park 
about midway between Denver and Cheyenne. 

The center of the Rocky Mountain National 
Park is fifty-five miles Northwest of Denver in a 
straight line and sixty-five miles Southwest of 
Cheyenne. Estes Park village, in the North end of Estes 
Park, is ten miles East of the Park center and five miles 
East of its East boundary. 

Estes Park is a high mountain valley rimmed and ram- 
parted by a circle of peaks. It stretches for fifteen miles 
or more along the East boundary of the National Park and 
is of varying width — sometimes ten miles wide and some- 
times no more than a narrow valley between mountain 
slopes. The North end is 7,500 feet above the sea and 
the South end 9,000 feet. Streams flow out at both ends 
and automobile highways run beside the waters to the 
Plains, from 2,500 to 4,000 feet below. 

Estes Park, seven years ago, quit ranching and began 
entertaining Summer visitors. It saw the folly of grazing 
cattle on .scenic land of the highest class. So it began to 
use its natural park as a playground. 

Estes Park a Beauty Spot of the West 

Success proves the beauty of Estes Park scenery. Now 
Estes Park entertains more than 50,000 visitors each Sum- 
mer. It has a dozen or more hotels, ranging in variety from 
the half-million-dollar Stanley, near the village, to rustic 
Long's Peak Inn, ten miles to the South at the foot of 
Long's Peak. National Park officials predict an increase 
to 100,000 in a short time. 

Time was when Estes Park was in the wilderness, and 
to reach it was an adventure. Today it still touches with 
one hand the wilderness of the National Park, while with 
the other it grasps civilization. 

Automobile highways, vying in scenic beauty with Estes 
Park and the National Park, center in the village from 
Fort Collins on the Union Pacific; Loveland, Longmont 
and Boulder on the Colorado & Southern ; Lyons on the 
Burlington, and Ward on the Denver, Boulder & Western. 

From these railroad cities all roads lead to Denver. 

And Denver is but thirty hours from Chicago — the rail- 
road, population and travel center of the L^nited States. 

Now that Congress has created the Rocky Mountain 
National Park and given the Federal Government's guar- 
antee for the scenery of the region, it is no wonder that 
Estes Park dreams golden dreams of the future. 

Rocky Mountain National Park, the youngest of our four- 
teen National Parks, was created January 26, 1915. It 
comprises 358 square miles of the crest of the Colorado 
Continental Divide. It is twenty-five miles long. North 
and South, and from twelve to eighteen wide, East and 
West. Pending Congressional legislation is likely to add 
about thirty square miles to the East boundary. Of this 
about ten square miles will be government land. 

Page Twelve Yellowstone Highway 



For All Kinds of Livery See 



F. FRANK GRUBB 



Estes Park Colorado 



Licensed Guide Information 

ESTES PARK HOTEL 

"We Never Close" 

Higby Bros., Props, and Mgrs. 

Centrally Located Good Garages Close 



The 

Estes Park Drug Company 

Drugs — Chemicals — Toilet 

Articles — Candy 

Sporting Goods Cigars 

AUTOMOBILE SUPPLIES 

When in Denver call on us. We carry the 
largest stock of AUTOMOBILE and GARAGE 
SUPPLIES in the Rocky Mountain region. 

We install new and repair old batteries, coils, 
magnetos, speedometers, windshields and lamps. 
We sell and repair all kinds of tires. 

THE DENVER AUTO GOODS CO. 

1 3 Years In This Line of Business 
1 6th and Broadway Denver 



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THE HUPP HOTEL 

Situated in the Village 

Open All the Year Steam Heat 

Good Home Cooking 

Mrs. Josie Hupp, Proprietor 

Estes Park, Colorado 

F. O. Stanley, Pres. A. D. Lewis, Cashier 

THE ESTES PARK BANK 

A State Institution, Organized 1908 

Capital and Surplus $1 5,000 Deposits $70,000 

A general banking business transacted, tourist accounts 
solicited, foreign exchange. 

Safety Deposit Boxes For Rent 



Photo Supplies Developing 

Kodaks Printing 

W. T. PARKE 

For 
Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park 

Views Curios 

Post Cards Leather Goods 



HAYDEN BROTHERS 

Real Estate Surveying 
Summer Cottages a Specialty 

Estes Park Colorado 



Page Fourteen Yellowstone Highway 



The Colorado Continental Divide is here exceedingly 
rugged. The Park contains seven peaks between 11,000 
and 12,000 feet high; seventeen between 12,000 and 13,000 
feet; fourteen between 13,000 and 14,000 feet, and Longs 
Peak, 14,255 feet. 

These mountains are individual. Some are forbidding. 
But in general they are attractive. Their summits are naked 
granite, worn and splintered, but their slopes have forests, 
streams and hanging wild flower gardens, and at their feet 
are placid lakes and blossoming meadows. In Winter the 
peaks are white with snow, but in Summer the summits 
are as clear of snow as the valleys. In the Swiss Alps 
everything above 9,000 feet is always deep in snow and ice 
and climbing is dangerous. In Summer the Park peaks are 
accessible to all who are sound of wind and limb. 

The Park contains more than 100 lakes at altitudes vary- 
ing from 9,000 to 12,000 feet. About thirty-five have been 
given names. Many, deep in the wilds, have been seen by 
few. Grand Lake, about three square miles, is excluded 
by a jog in the Western boundary line. It is reached from 
the "Moffat Road" and has a hotel, summer cottages and a 
yacht club. 

The Park is watered by a network of streams which flow 
in all directions, but ultimately turn either Eastward or 
Westward from the Divide. The Poudre River, the Thomp- 
son River with its several forks, the Fall River and the 
North St. Vrain are the largest streams. The Grand River 
forms the Western Park boundary line and part of the 




Entrance to Big Thompson Canyon 

North boundary line. Many of these streams are famous 
for their trout, some have never been fished. 

The Park has a great variety of trees and some splendid 
primeval forests in Wild Basin, on the Western slopes of 
Stones Peak and Flat-Top Mountain, in Forest Canon and 
between Poudre River and the head of Fall River. 

There are hundreds of miles of timberline, the battle- 
ground between the ever-climbing trees and the elements 
which here say, "Thus far shalt thou go and no farther!" 
Nowhere in the world is timberline more spectacular than 
on the East slope of the Colorado Continental Divide, at an 
altitude of about 11,500 feet. 

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Rocky Mountain Parks 
Transportation Co. 

Operates daily passenger service into 
Estes Park and the Rocky Mountain 
National Park from the various points 

Denver Boulder Ward Longmont 
Lyons Loveland and Fort Collins 

Meeting all regular tourist trains 
connecting at these different points 

We also handle U. S. mail, baggage, express 
and freight from Loveland, Longmont and 
Lyons the year round. We operate two 
large garages in Estes Park and keep supplies 
for all touring parties at this point. 

C. B. HALL, Manager 



Campers' Supplies Confectionery 

SAM'L SERVICE 

GENERAL MERCHANDISE 

Groceries, Boots, Shoes and Hardware 

HAY AND GRAIN 

Phone 1 5 Auto Delivery 

Fine Candies, Ice Cream — Tobacco, Cigars 

CHURCH'S CONFECTIONARY 

Estes Park, Colorado 

Rocky Mountain National Park 

Daily Papers Post Cards 



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J. E. MacDONALD 

Successor to 
MacDonald & Son, Estes Park, Colo. 

FINE AND FANCY GROCERIES 

Dry Goods, General Merchandise and 

Campers Supplies 

Quick auto delivery to all parts of the Park 

Special attention given to the requirements of Cottagers 

and Camping Parties. 



YE LYTTEL SHOP YE PICTURE SHOP 

Studio of 

F. B. CLATWORTHY 

Beautiful Pictures of Estes Park and the Southwest in 

Sepia and Water Color 

Eastman Kodaks and Films — Expert Developing and 
Printing — Indian Baskets and Blankets 

Have You a Clatworthy Picture? 

Estes Park, Colo. 

Gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park 



Howard James, General Manager 

Elkhorn Lodge 

A Hotel of High Standards 

Under the personal management of 
Mrs. W. E. James and Sons 

Estes Park, Colorado 



THE LEWISTON 

Open All the Year 

A. D. Lewis F. A. Lewis 

Located one-quarter mile north of village of Estes 
Park. Autos will take road leading north at The Estes 
Park Bank corner. The Lewiston is new and modern, 
contains rooms with or without private bath, is provided 
with hot water heat, and has private dining room where 
exclusive service may be given if desired. 

Rates $3.50 to $5.00 per day. 

Weekly Rates Upon Application 

American Plan 

Phone 42 Estes Park 



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Above timberline are great Alpine meadows, with fas- 
cinations all their own. This is a land known only to the 
most persistent of mountaineers. 

The Park has more than a thousand species of wild flow- 
ers, which bloom from snow to snow- — from the pasque 
flower of early Spring to the aster of late Autumn. As the 
elevation of the Park ranges from 9,000 to 14,000 feet and 
one foot of altitude is equal to one mile of latitude, the 
flower growth presents a great variety of seasonal differ- 
ences. The June daisy of the valleys is a September bloom 
in miniature on the peaks. The gentian family is repre- 
sented by fifteen species on the slopes between valley and 
peak. Wild flower gardens color the open slopes and make 
the little mountain valleys solid masses of variegated bloom. 

The Park has a variety of bird and wild animal life. More 
than 100 species Of birds—from the golden eagle to the 
humming bird — nest here. The rare ouzel and that mar- 
velous singer, the solitaire, are among them. There are many 
beaver colonies, populous and prosperous, where it is possi- 
ble to see the wild beaver at work at his dams and canals 
and ponds — a sight that not one man in a million has seen. 
The Park is the largest known range of the mountain sheep, 
now extinct in 95 per cent of its original habitat. Often 
flocks of bighorns are seen and even photographed at short 
range. Protection has here caused this wild and wary 
animal of the mountain heights to lose much of its fear of 
man. 




The Fall River Road Which Follows Fall River from Estes Park 
Village to Horseshoe Park 



One of the attractions of the Park to the discriminating 
nature student is the glaciation, which is remarkable and 
is also easily accessible. At least one-half of the Park is 
glacial topography. There still remain from the last Ice 
Age five small glaciers and several ice-fields. Long's Peak 
is the center of imposing, easily-read glacial records that 
have attracted world-wide attention. Within a six-mile 
radius are nearly a hundred glacial lakes and tarns. Its 
slopes show the paths of five great glaciers. Wild Basin, 
Glacier Gorge, Loch Vale, East Gorge and Boulder Field. 
Enormous moraines, like the Mills, Bierstadt and St. Vrain, 
extend in all directions. 

The Park has a great variety of scenery of the first class. 
There is no room here for a catalogue of even special beauty 
spots. But among the easily accessible attractions which 
the visitor should see are these: 

Page Eighteen Yellowstone Highway 



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LONGS PEAK INN 

Estes Park, Colorado 



AUTOMOBILE TRANSPORTATION 
DAILY MAIL SERVICE 

LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE 



A Number of Nature Talks Each Week. Subjects: 
Wild Life, Adventure and National Parks 



On the Boundary of the Rocky 
Mountain National Park 



The best of food by the best of women cooks 



American Plan 



$3.50 to $6.50 a Day. $15.00 
to $40.00 a Week. Rooms With 
and Without Bath. : : : : : 



ENOS MILLS 

Longs Peak, Estes Park 



Colorado 



YELLOWSTONE PARK 




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FALL RIVER RANCH AND LODGE 

Located at the entrance to the Rocky Mountain 
National Park on the new Fall River Road. 
The Lodge is new and modern, a thoroughly up- 
to-date summer Hotel in the very wilds of the 
Rockies, surrounded by snow capped peaks. 

Rates $2.50 to $4.00 per day 

$12.00 to $25.00 per week 

D. J. March, Manager Estes Park, Colo. 



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In Wyoming and Colorado 



Page Nineteen 



The Fall River Road, an automobile highway now extend- 
ing five miles into the Park on its way across the Conti- 
nental Divide. This road is a scenic highway of the first 
rank. 

Loch Vale, both for the beauty of the valley and the Loch 
and for the impressiveness of surrounding forests, peaks 
and glaciers. 

Odessa Lake, for its sheer beauty as a mountain lake; 
Fern Lake, for the beauty of the view it commands ; Gem 
Lake, for the magnificence of its view over Estes Park 
to Long's Peak, and the Continental Divide and Chasm 
Lake, at the foot of the 2,000-foot sheer precipice of Long's 
Peak, for its wildness. 

The climate of the Park is unsurpassed anywhere. The 
Summer is a season of sunshine, with just enough rain to 
keep the flowers blossoming. The nights are cool. The air 
is pure and dry, with the scent of the pines and the tang 
of the mountains. The Winter climate is the best out of 
doors for Winter sports and natural facilities are ready at 
hand. 




Gem Lake, With Sister Peaks in the Background, 
Estes Park 



Probably the crowning attraction of the Park is Long's 
Peak, so individual and picturesque that it is called the 
"King of the Rockies." It ranks seventh in the world in 
difficulty of ascent; nevertheless .scores climb to its sum- 
mit every Summer from Long's Peak Inn and even women 
and children enjoy the magnificent view from its imposing 
crest. 

The Rocky Mountain National Park is still the beautiful 
wilderness that Nature made it. 

Estes Park is close at hand with all the comforts of 
civilization. 

If Colorado is the Nation's Playground, as Theodore 
Roosevelt says it is, Estes Park and the Rocky Mountain 
National Park are its playground of playgrounds. — Written 
at Estes Park, Colo., by John D. Sherman. 



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Yellowstone Highway 



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G. W. HOYT. 

Commissioner from 
Laramie County and 

resident of Wyoming 
for 50 years, one of 

the first County Com- 
missioners SO years 

ago. Glad to see you. 



compare favorably 
size. Write us and 
on any question. 



ALL ROADS LEAD TO 
CHEYENNE 

If you want to see the pic- 
turesque in scenery, enjoy your 
trip, traveling good roads, put 
Cheyenne down for a visit. 

You Will Be Surprised With What 
You See 

It is a metropolitan city. 
Everything that the heart and 
mind craves for is here in pro- 
fusion. The paved streets and 
avenues are perfect, and in all 
sections are parks and lakes that 
with eastern cities of twice its 
we will furnish full particulars 




Red Buttes Near Cheyenne 

Industrial Club of Cheyenne, Wyoming 

The life here with superb hotel accommodation 
for man, and many up-to-the-minute garages for the 
machine will produce real contentment. Cheyenne 
is a real deliverer of the right goods. 



Page Twenty-two 



Yellowstone Highway 



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CHEYENNE 



Offers You 

GOOD ROADS 

To Drive Over 



GOOD PARKS 

To Rest In 



GOOD PLAYHOUSES 
For Amusement 



GOOD TROUT FISHING 

In Mountain Streams 



GOOD WATER 

From the Mountains 



GOOD GARAGES 

For Your Supplies 



GOOD HOTELS 



AND A WELCOME 



Write the Industrial Club for Information 



In Wyoming and Colorado Page Twenty-three 



Man and Machine Needs a Square Deal 

This they get in Cheyenne and that in a hearty 
way. The hotels here are modern and the daily 
cuisine will bring a man back home; the garages 
could not be excelled anywhere. Chef for the man, 
and mechanic for the machine are here at their best. 

Cheyenne is a wonder spot for the tourist. Every 
minute a delightful surprise will come to the vision. 




Big Game 

It is a city typical of the progressive spirit, and in 
every fashion satisfies the most fastidious. It is the 
heart center of the Lincoln Highway and the Yellow- 
stone Highway, two of the best roads for the tourist 
in America. They are seen at their best here. Ask 
us any question and we will furnish reliable infor- 
mation. 



Industrial Club of Cheyenne, Wyoming 

fage Twenty-four Yellowstone Highway 



Best in the West 

W. E. DINNEEN'S GARAGE 

AND FILLING STATION 

Agent for 

HUDSON and REO AUTOMOBILES 

Gasoline, Oils, Accessories, Tires 
Repairing and Storage 



It is to Your Interest to Find This Garage 



Phone 101 
401-3-5 Lincoln Way Cheyenne, Wyo. 



Storage Repairing 

AUTO LIVERY CO. 

State Distributors 

CHEVROLET MOTOR CARS 

Service Day or Night 
18th Street at Capitol Avenue Phone 1234 

Cheyenne, Wyo. 
Accessories Livery 




Exclusive Ford Service 

THOMPSON MOTOR CO. 

Cheyenne Wyoming 



In Wyoming and Colorado Page Twenty-five 



A Motorist's Hope and Aim 

The car-man's wants are many, and quite fre- 
quently he is disappointed in the seeking. He wants 
good roads to drive over, pretty parks to rest in, 
attractive lakes to fish in, real playhouses to be 
amused in, pure water from uncontaminated moun- 
tain streams, first class hotel accommodations and a 
hearty welcome from others of his kind. 







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These features he gets in Cheyenne, the city that 
is cordial in its welcome to the tourist, and the city 
that possesses all the other qualifications enumerated 
above. 

Let us show you that we are speaking the truth. 
Write us and we will cheerfully comply with any 
request you make. We are not monopolists, and 
take pleasure in presenting the many features that 
have made Cheyenne the wonder world of beauty, 
novelty and courtesy. 

Industrial Club of Cheyenne, Wyoming 



Page Twenty-six 



Yellowstone Highway 



Here's Where you Get Fair Dealing, Prompt 
Service and the Best of Goods 

Capital Meat Market 

Cheyenne, Wyoming 

MANEWAL BAKERY and CAFE COMPANY 

CAFE AND BAKERY 

OPEN ALL NIGHT 
The Popular Price Restaurant 
In Cheyenne 

Kelley Mercantile Company 

Wholesale 

Groceries, Fruits and Produce 

Strictly a Wyoming Concern 

Cheyenne, Wyoming 



Everything in 
Motor Togs 




1616-18 Carey Ave., Cheyenne, Wyo. 



In Wyoming and Colorado Page Twenty-seven 



Laramie County is "It" 

No other county of the State exceeds Laramie in 
good things for man and animal. Its land is fertile, 
and a scratch of the soil produces a harvest. It has 
everything that is needed for general farming, stock 
raising and dairying. 

Homesteading is seen here at its best, and while all 
sections have industrious men and women plying their 




Dry Farm Grain 

different vocations, there are thousands of acres still 
awaiting settlement. The land laws here are liberal, 
and the government and state are accommodating in 
their relationship with an earnest homeseeker. 

Write us and we will give you all the particulars 
as to the land and the law. Come out and see the 
result everywhere of a few years' toil by others. 

Frontier Days 

Larger and better than any celebration of its kind 
ever held before is to be 

Industrial Club of Cheyenne, Wyoming 



Page Twenty-eight 



Yellowstone Highway 



PMa^iSIQl 




When In Cheyenne Stop at 

THE PLAINS HOTEL 



European Plan 



FIRE PROOF 



150 Rooms, 65 With Connecting Bath 



Every Modern Convenience 



Popular-Priced Cafe. Service Unexcelled 



Located But One and One-Half Blocks 
From Stations 



Rates $1.00 Per Day 

and Up 



Harry P. Hynds 



Proprietor 



In Wyoming and Colorado 



Page Twenty-nine 




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Yellowstone Highway 



CHEYENNE'S 20th ANNUAL FRONTIER DAYS 
July 26, 27, 28, and 29 

» 

For magnitude the bars have been entirely let 
down, and the prizes are to be larger, the events are 
longer and the largest body of riders and ropers ever 
assembled in the world are to be here during the 
above four days. 

Cheyenne is arranging this year for a Frontier 




Fred Dodge on "Billy the Kid" 

Days greater than any of its predecessors, infinitely 
better than any other Wild West show ever produced. 

Cheyenne stages a celebration that attracts visitors 
from every part of the globe, an average of $o,ooo 
persons annually, so it necessarily follows that it must 
be some SHOW. 

Frontier Days is the original and greatest of the 
"Cowboy" Celebrations and its fame is as wide as 
civilization, its excellence the standard from which 
all other shows are judged. 

To the individual with red blood in his veins, 
Frontier Days will prove a real thriller. 

Better make your arrangements NOW to be here. 

YOU'LL NOT REGRET IT. 

In Wyoming and Colorado Page Thirty-one 




The Stock Growers' National Bank 

Cheyenne, Wyoming 

Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits, $227,500.00 



The Largest Bank in the State of Wyoming 



We solicit the accounts of Cor- 
porations, Firms and Individuals, 
assuring one and all an unexcelled 
service. 



Geo. E. Abbott, Pres. J. B. CosgrifT, Vice-Pres. 

A. D. Johnston, Cashier 

THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK 

Capital Stock $100,000.00 

Surplus 100,000.00 

Undivided Profits 20,734.73 

Cheyenne Wyoming 



YOU NEED A 

ROAD MAP OF WYOMING 



We Have Geological Survey Charts 
and Auto Road Maps, Post Cards 
and Souvenirs. 



Wyoming Book Store Company 

1614 Carey Avenue Cheyenne, Wyo. 



Page Thirty-two 



Yellowstone Highway 



Be Sure You're Right — Then Go Ahead 

Davy Crockett must have foreseen the creation 
and development of Wyoming when he made the 
above apt remark. Quite a number of the Crockett 
family, like the Smith, Jones, Brown, Clancy, 
Schmidt and Larsons, have come here, have seen the 
State, were conquered and became permanent 
settlers. 

This is the land of the free and the home of the 




The Meat Supply 

brave. It takes courage to leave the old home and 
build a new one; but whenever that courage is put 
to a test, out here in Wyoming, it always brings per- 
sonal freedom and financial reward. 

Ask us about it. We are only too willing to carry 
the good news to the four quarters of the earth. This 
is the land of opportunity, and if you are wise you 
will get in on the ground floor. 

Industrial Club of Cheyenne, Wyoming 

In Wyoming and Colorado Page Thirty-three 



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Wholesale and Retail 



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DRUGGIST 



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Pure Drugs, Chemicals, Medicines, Paints, 

Oils, Varnishes, Perfumery, Toilet 

Articles, Kodak Supplies, etc. 



Manufacturers of 



Wyoming Headache Powders, Wyoming 

Cough Balsam, Wyoming Corn Cure, 

Orange Tooth Powder, Roeders 

Lilac Cream, Hunts Curaline 



CHEYENNE, 



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GEORGE W. DAIBER 

CORRECT 

CLOTHING AND SHOES 

For Men and Young Men 

1 7th and Carey CHEYENNE, WYO. 



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YeUoic stone Highway 



You Don't Have to Go Home in the Dark 

Certainly not if you have gasoline and your lamps 
are well trimmed. When you come to Cheyenne, 
the city in its generosity and public-spiritedness fur- 
nishes you street illumination that almost puts day- 
light to shame. 

This is the city of lights, light hearts, light burdens 
and light scenes. It is the one place above all where 
man and nature have formed a combination for the 




Wyoming Capitol 

pleasure of all. The tourist here will find the best 
things that he desires, no matter what the taste may 
be. Put a note in your diary and place Cheyenne 
on your route sheet, and if Cheyenne does not amuse, 
entertain and instruct you, we will be sadly disap- 
pointed. It has made good with people from all 
climes, and certainly will with you. 

While preparing for your tour ask us anything 
and we will cheerfully comply. 

Do you know, Sir or Madam 

That Uncle Sam picked out the vicinity of Chey- 
enne for the establishment of the largest military fort 
of our government? Well, he did, and Fort D. A. 
Russell, with all its alluring novelties and spectac- 

Industrial Club of Cheyenne, Wyoming 

In Wyoming and Colorado Page Thirty-Jive 







If It's New 



If It's Electrical 



I 

P. 



We Have It ! 



We sell our electrical appliances as cheaply as they 
can be purchased anywhere in the United States 



The Cheyenne Light, Fuel 
and Power Company 

1704-6 Capitol Ave. 



PALACE PHARMACY 
DRUG CO. 



R. A. Hopkins, Proprietor Cheyenne, Wyo. 



INGERSOLL STORE COMPANY 

Dry Goods, Ladies' and Children's 

Suits, Cloaks and Furnishings 

Cheyenne, Wyoming 



The Union Mercantile 
Association 

GENERAL GROCERS 
The Stork Script Store 

Cheyenne, Wyoming 



Faye Thirty-six YeUoicstone Highicay 



ular life is one of the big sights for the tourist to 
witness. Usually, over 5,000 soldiers are here, and 
all departments of the military system of Uncle Sam 
are seen here at their best. Maneuver tactics are 
generally given daily, and the 100 acres of ground 




that the exhibition is given on is surrounded at all 
times with the cars of tourists. 

About a day's "hike" from Cheyenne is the im- 
mense Pole Mountain Military Preserves, a tract of 
land fully 10 miles square in the heart of the moun- 
tains, where the soldiers hold mimic war in the 
mountain fastnesses. 

Come here and look it over yourself. This is only 
one of the countless number of features that makes 
Cheyenne the place for you to list heavy on your 
route. 

We are always at "ATTENTION" to any inquiry 
for information from tourist or homeseeker. 



Industrial Club of Cheyenne, Wyoming 



In Wyoming and Colorado 



Page Thirty-seven 



8 



Phones 1 9 and 39 

WASHINGTON MARKET 

J. T. Bell and Co. 

Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Fresh 

and Salt Meats 

302-304 Sixteenth St. Cheyenne, Wyo. 



$ 



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THE E. S. JOHNSON 
GROCERY COMPANY 



Wholesale— Retail 



Cheyenne's Leading Grocery House 



Quality — Our Watchword 



2 1 W. I 7th St. 
Phones 900-901-902 Cheyenne, Wyo. 



212 W. 17th St. P. O. Box 358 

William Myers Dry Goods 
Company 



Headquarters for Dry Goods, 
Notions, Ladies' Suits, Coats, 



Dresses and Waists 



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WATCH YOUR LIGHTS 

This is a word of caution to the driver of the 
car. Accidents occasionally happen by neglect- 
ing this rule. 

Cheyenne, the city with the mountain breezes 
and perennial good fellowship calls you to come 
here and inspect all the mysteries that have made 
this place the city remarkable. All your wants 
can be satisfied, and when you meet us face to 
face, enjoy the many sights we can show, and 
travel our streets and boulevards, with the perfect 
lighting system used, you will realize that this is 
the fairy land, that deserves your presence during 
the tour. * 

Write us, and we will tell you why. 
Industrial Club of Cheyenne, Wyoming 

Written by R. M. LAMONT 



When Passing Through 

CHEYENNE 

* 

on the Lincoln Highway 
Bring Your Traveler's Checks 
and Other Business to 

THE 

Citizens National Bank 



Every courtesy consistent with 
prudent banking methods ex- 
tended. 



E. W. Stone, 



Cashier 



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In Wyoming and Colorado 



Page Thirty-nine 



: 



Chugwater Trading Co. 

L. E. Hunt, Manager 

Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots, Shoes, Hardware, 

Lumber and Coal, and a Full Line of 

General Merchandise 



Agency for Fisk Tires 
Chugwater, Wyoming 



AN INSTITUTION 

That has been instrumental in making Wyoming 
a grain producer as well as a better stock country. 

The Chugwater Valley Bank 

Chugwater, Wyoming 
Capital $ 1 0,000 Deposits $ 1 00,000 



Do You Want Land? 

The Wyoming Development Company 
offers 10,000 acres of good irrigated 
land with perpetual water rights at 
prices ranging from $35.00 to $60.00 
per acre. One fifth down, eight years 
on balance, 6 per cent interest. Not an 
experiment. Has been in operation 
over 30 years. 



Write For Our Illustrated Booklet 



Remember, We Are the Owners, Not Agents. 



Wyoming Development Co. 

Wheatland, Wyoming 



Page Forty Yellowstone Highicay 



PLATTE COUNTY 

W. L. Ayers, Commissioner for Platte County 

YING in the Southeast part of the State, unbro- 
ken save by the mountain range on its Western 
border, Platte County is one undulating plateau 
from 3,500 to 4,500 feet above sea level. This 
wide expanse is marked by the waterways of the 
North Platte River, the Laramie River, and 
the Sybelle and Chug Creeks, with their numerous feeders. 
These streams furnish an abundance of fishing and at their 
headwaters in the mountains is plenty of game and fowl. 
Trout fishing and duck shooting are the weekly recreation 
of the ardent Isaak Waltons and Nimrods of the county. 



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Within its 22,110 square miles of territory lies the finest 
agricultural and grazing land to be found in this wide West. 
Many points of historical interest to the student of early 
Western history are to be found here. Old Fort Laramie 
lies just over the line in Goshen County and is reached 
even today by the old Oregon Trail. The Overland Trail 
can still be seen and leads one through the county to the 
old stations by the way. The Spanish diggings above the 
4J Ranch at head of Spanish Creek have recently been 
investigated by the Smithsonian Institution. These diggings 
comprise numerous potholes of flint and one can easily 
trace the tepee circle of the Indians and the tribe boundaries. 



In Wyoming and Colorado 



Page Forty-one 



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THE 
STATE BANK OF WHEATLAND 

Established 1903 

Capital and Surplus $60,000.00 

United States, State and County Depository 

We Solicit Your Patronage 

Frank N. Shiek, Pres. D. W. Brice, Cashier 

M. R. Johnston, Vice-Pres. Geo. Milne, Asst. Cashier 

Foster Lumber Company 

The Home of Good Lumber 



Prompt and careful attention 
on out-of-town shipments 



Wheatland, Wyoming 
L. W. Copeland, Manager 



D. McCallum Lumber Co. 

Give us a chance to figure on your needs and then 
you decide if it is not in your interest to do busi- 
ness with us. 



Wheatland Wyoming 



Wheatland Hardware Co. 

Dealers in 

Hardware, Vehicles, Implements, Pumps, 

Harness, Saddles, Stoves, Ranges 



Come In and Get Acquainted 
Wheatland, Wyoming 



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Situated in the semi-arid belt, the annual precipitation 
ranging from 14 to 18 inches a year is sufficient for the 
industrious and intelligent farmer to produce excellent 
crops. The daily range of temperature is greater than that 
of the Eastern States, but the low humidity in the atmos- 
phere makes the extremes of heat and cold easily bearable 
and both Summer and Winter are unusually pleasant. 
While high winds occur at times, the pressure is not heavy 
and little damage is done. Hailstorms and lightning are 
infrequent. 

Easily Accessible 

The County is traversed from north to south by the 
Colorado & Southern Railroad and the Burlington System 
not only uses this line, but also comes in from the east 
through Guernsey and connects at Wendover Junction. The 
Colorado & Western Railroad serves as a feeder to the two 
railway lines from the mining district about Sunrise. 
Autoists have easy access to all parts of the County. Roads 
run in all directions and afford complete communication 
between the various communities of the County. The 
County Commissioners have expended considerable 
amounts in the purchasing of equipment for roadmaking 
and grading. There is now under construction and im- 
provement about 100 miles of road known as the Yellow- 
stone Highway. This highway extends across the State 
to Yellowstone National Park and is 36 feet wide with an 
18-foot crown and is carefully marked throughout its entire 
length within the County. 




Platte County, Wheatland, Wyo. £. S. Tedman Beet Field 

Platte County has a population of 5,500 which is largely 
centered about the several communities. The interests are 
diversified. There are large ranching interests and the 
number of dry farmers is constantly increasing. The irri- 
gation project within the County is conceded to be the best 
in the West. The ranches range from small ones of 320 
acres to a number of 5,000-acre places. These are devoted 
to raising cattle, sheep, swine, horses and mules. ^ Where 
the range has become limited by reason of the influx of 
homesteaders the ranchers have also undertaken to raise 
their own hay and feed. The dry farmer has successfully 
raised small grains and is now adding stock. While many 
have expressed their doubts regarding the possibility of the 
dry farmer succeeding, experience has proven that he is 
here to stay, with all probabilities pointing to his success. 



In Wyoming and Colorado 



Page Forty-three 



THE COMMERCIAL HOTEL 

T. J. CARROLL, Proprietor 

European Plan 

Meals at all hours 
Rates $1.00 per day and up 

The leading hotel in the most beautiful 
and prosperous town in Wyoming 

Where the Tourists All Stop 

Wheatland, Wyoming 



GLOBE HOTEL 

J. J. McCUTCHER, Proprietor 



American Plan 



On the Yellowstone Highway 

Headquarters for Automobile Parties 

Wheatland, Wyoming 



First Class Lunch Goods. Everything in Meats. 
Best Line of Canned Goods 

PALACE MEAT MARKET 

Meglemre & Dearinger, Proprietors 
Wheatland Wyoming 



THE BANNER GROCERY 

Staple and Fancy Goods 
Across the Street from the Post Office 

A. S. ROACH, Proprietor 
Wheatland Wyoming 



Chas. G. Buechner 

LEADING JEWELER 
Wheatland Wyoming 




Formation in Yellowstone Xational Park 



Page Forty-Four Yellowstone High\c<ty 



The County is governed by a Board of County Commis- 
sioners, and past experience has shown this to be the most 
efficient and economical method of administering its affairs. 
The County is co-operating with the United States Depart- 
ment of Agriculture and the State University at Laramie 
and has a County Agricultural Agent. His headquarters 
are in Wheatland and his time and experience are devoted 
to advising and assisting the farmers and ranchers of the 
County free of charge. Improvements in methods of pro- 
duction, machinery and marketing have taken place under 
his direction. The employment of a County Agent was a 
new departure which is rapidly commending itself as wise, 
and has enlisted the interest and support of the business 
men of the County. 




Cattle — Wheatland Section 

Wheatland is the county seat, with a population of about 
830 in the village and about 600 in the flats surrounding 
it. It has splendid stores, two good hotels, several room- 
ing houses, six churches, and splendid schools. The only 
High School in the County is located in Wheatland and 
scholars come from all over the County to take advantage of 
high educational standards maintained there. Social life 
is pleasant and a number of various organizations are work- 
ing for the benefit of the community. Women's clubs, boys' 
and girls' agricultural and canning clubs are maintained. 
The County Library is maintained here, and this institution 
is endeavoring to serve the whole County through the 
establishment of branch library stations. The annual 
County Fair, maintained by the Platte County Fair Asso- 
ciation is held in Wheatland and serves to make this com- 
munity truly the County center. Two of the largest weekly 
papers in the State are published here. Three banks assist 
the farmer and rancher in financing their business over the 
crop and feeding seasons. Prevailing rates of interest are 8 
to 10 per cent. Three garages in the town, including a large 
and modern Ford station, contribute to the needs of autoists. 
A large theatre and moving picture show, operated on up- 
to-date methods and with excellent pictures. Almost all 
religious denominations can be ministered to by the 
churches. Roman Catholic, Episcopal, Methodist, Chris- 
tians, Lutherans and Congregationalists are all housed in 
well-built and attractive structures, only one being a frame 
building. 

Two lumber yards .supply the necessities for house, barn 
and other building needs. A flour mill, creamery, alfalfa 
mill are operating successfully. A large private hospital, 
the largest in the State, containing thirty-five rooms, 
equipped with X-ray machine, complete operating rooms, 
laundry, elevator, etc., with five nurses in attendance, is 
conducted by one of Wheatland's physicians. 

in Wyoming and Colorado Page Forty- five 



WHEATLAND 
HOSPITAL 



This Hospital, located at Wheat- 
land, Wyoming, owned and oper- 
ated by Dr. Fred W. Phifer, is one 
of the largest and best equipped 
Hospitals in the State. Capacity, 

60 beds. 

DR. PHIFER 

Physician and Surgeon 



LIKE A GOOD ROAD 

A First-Class Store is Always Ap- 
preciated by Touring Autoists. 

YOU WILL FIND HERE 

Most Anything You Want in 
MEN'S AND BOYS' WEARABLES 



G. D. McDOUGALL 

Men's and Boys' Outfitter 
Wheatland, Wyoming 



GOLDEN RULE 

Lindsey and Benton 

"EVERYTHING TO WEAR" 

Dry Goods, Clothing, Shoes, Ladies' and Men's 

Furnishings 

Notions and Millinery 
Wheatland, Wyoming 



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Irrigation 

The irrigation project of the Wyoming Development 
Company surrounds the town and has under cultivation 
contiguous to Wheatland about 96,000 acres, with 200,000 
contiguous to ranch lands and other towns. The irriga- 
tion farmer has successfully planted orchards and carried on 
general farming. Large sections are given over to raising 
alfalfa, and the number of feeding sheep, cattle and hogs is 
rapidly increasing. Dairying and bee culture has been 
undertaken with profit by some. The alfalfa can be mar- 
keted to the alfalfa mill in Wheatland and readily shipped 
to other points. Grains can be disposed of to the Wheatland 
flour mills at prevailing market prices. The local creamery 
affords a ready market to the dairyman. The Government 
sheep and the famous Ramboulettes of King Bros, of Lara- 
mie are fed at the Wheatland ranch of Dr. C. A. Morrison. 
There are modern stock yards for shipping the cattle and 
a new ".squeezer" has been constructed recently. Two beet 
dumps are in use and the production of sugar beets has 
increased rapidly. There is every possibility of a beet sugar 
factory being constructed at an early date. The Farmers' 
Grange is well organized over the County. The Platte 
County Improvement Association has been formed and is 
working to place the town in the forefront in the State. 




Feeding Pens — Wheatland Section 

Guernsey, with a population of about 300, is the division 
point of the C, B. & Q. Railroad, which has extensive yards 
here. The Burlington has recently constructed at great 
cost a bridge over the North Platte River at Guernsey and 
tunneled some of the mountains beyond, thus opening up a 
river grade line from Nebraska into Wyoming, connect- 
ing with their other line at Wendover. This gives two 
outlets over the Burlington to the County. The extensive 
work done by the railroad has stimulated the growth of the 
town. Two large hotels, a spendid school, two banks, a 
newspaper, several garages, and other fine general mer- 
chandising stores are in the town. 

North of Guernsey lies the mining property of the Colo- 
rado Fuel & Iron Company at Sunrise and I ronton. This 
is the largest deposit of iron ore in the West and a high 
grade of bessemer ore is mined. From 700 to 1.800 men 
are employed and the camps have never been disturbed by 
strikes. The Colorado Fuel & Iron Company have made 
"Safety First" their watchword and very few accidents 
occur. The social welfare of the miners is looked after 
carefully. 



Page Forty-eight 



Yellowstone Highway 



FOLLOW THE "YELLOWSTONE" 

to Wheatland, U. S. A. 

The Home of "ROYAL" Flour 

Nothing but the purest of Hard Winter and Hard 
Spring Wheat used 

Write, phone or wire for prices 

Wheatland Roller Mill Co. 

W. H. MORRISON Manager 




WM. L. AYERS 

1 ,000 Acres Irrigated Farm 



Largest Sheep Feeding Yards 
in the county 



Agent for 

JEFFERY CARS 



Good Road Boosters Build Good Roads 

WINDOM & TURPEN 

CARPENTERS AND CONTRACTORS 

Build Good Houses 
Phone 69J Wheatland, Wyo. 



WEBSTER & SON 

STORAGE AND REPAIRING 

Courteous Treatment to All 

Wheatland Wyoming 



In Wyoming and Colorado 



Page Forty-nine 



Hartville 

Hartville, which is adjacent to Sunrise and east of Guern- 
sey, is a small settlement in the gulch. Surrounding the 
town are a number of copper and lime properties and a 
large undeveloped iron property. 

Glendo and Uva are small communities serving as trad- 
ing centers for their districts. General stores and hotels 
are in each town. Dwyer is a new community in the dry 
farming .section and growing rapidly. A general store, coal 
and lumber yard, church and school have been established 
here. There is also a movement on foot for the establish- 
ment of a bank. 




Apple Orchard in Blossom. 

Chugwater lies in the southern part of the County. This 
town serves the Chugwater flats and the Slater district. 
Here lies the best of the dry farming district. Substantial 
homes and barns attest the increasing prosperity of the 
farmers here. Crops rivaling those of the East are raised 
all over this flat. The town is the headquarters of the 
Swan Land and Cattle Company, one of the largest outfits 
in Wyoming. Their property runs for seventeen miles 
along Chug Creek and over to the Sybelle, and is well 
adapted to grazing, farming and raising hay. They operate 
a general store and were instrumental in organizing the 
Chugwater National Bank. Another larger general mer- 
chandising store and a Farmers' Co-operative Buying and 
Selling Association have been formed. There are two 
hotels, two garages, coal and lumber yard, and grain 
elevator doing a successful business. 

Other communities are scattered through the County, 
having general stores and serving the surrounding territory. 
The dry farmer and homesteader is well supplied with 
sources of supply and outlet for his products. Eighty-seven 
schools about the County give him a chance to educate 
the family. The future of the country is attractive in every 
way and the residents are justly proud of its advancement. 
— Written by B. S. Tedman, Jr. 



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DOLPH MACHINE SHOP 

Desires to be of service to Tourists in 
Trouble. Ten years an Automobile 
workman. Ten miles south of 

GLENDO, WYO. 

Gas and Oil, Small Supplies and Welding 

R. J. DOLPH, Proprietor 



WHEATLAND,WYO 



D. Miller & Son, Largest Gen- 
eral Stock in town. Travelers can 
get nearly anything they desire at 
the right prices. Call on us when 
traveling through and we will try 
to make the prices right and you 
welcome. 



D. MILLER & SON 

The Busy Corner 



In Wyoming and Colorado Page Fifty-one 



DOUGLAS, WYOMING 

Mr. M. R. Collins, Commissioner for Converse County 

"The Good Roads Town" 

OPULATION, 2,250. County seat Converse 
County. U. S. Land Office. Wyoming State 
Fair held here. 

As you pass through Douglas note the beau- 
tiful residences, the well-kept lawns and the 
general substantial appearance of the town. 
It has a splendid system of waterworks, a sewer sy.stem and 
electric lights. The business part of town has cluster lights. 
Douglas claims the best streets of any town in Wyoming 
and has wide cement sidewalks running to every lot in the 
city. 



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Tourists will find in Douglas a hotel that would be a 
credit to a city of 25,000 people ; four good garages large 
enough to care for 200 autos and which carry large stocks 
of auto supplies at reasonable prices. These garages have 
expert mechanics. 

Douglas is the center of one of the largest expanses of 
grazing country in the West, and there are large tracts of 



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STAPLE AND 

FANCY GROCERIES 

Adro Canned Goods 

Douglas Wyoming 



FORD GARAGE 

John Lebar, Propr. 
Douglas, Wyoming 

Second St., one-half block south of 
Yellowstone Highway 



Large Stock of 

TIRES AND ACCESSORIES 



Expert Mechanics 



Fireproof Garage 



We have been here 30 years and will be glad to give 
you any information if you will stop. We carry 

FURNISHING GOODS FOR MEN 
AND WOMEN 

A. R. MERRITT 

General Merchandise Douglas, Wyo. 



In Wyoming and Colorado Page Fifty-three 




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irrigated land tributary to the town. Oil and gas are found 
within ten miles of the town and the mountains to the south 
are filled with mineral. 

Many Delights In and Near Douglas 

Within two hours' ride of Douglas are many mountain 
streams filled with brook trout. Make yourself at home 
in Douglas. The people are all glad that you are with them. 

Westbound tourists enter Douglas on Fourth Street, 
which runs north and south, proceed about eight block- 
Fourth Street, passing large brick High School building 
and turning to left on Center Street at the next corner. 
The fine new $70,000 Hotel LaBonte is two blocks west 
and one block north of the corner of Fourth and Center 
Streets. See map of Douglas above for location oi gar:. 
Douglas has four fine, commodious, fireproof garages and 
the fifth one is now building. 

Douglas is the home of the Douglas Good Roads Club. 
This club was the first club organized in Wyoming to work 
for good roads and the tourist can thank this club for the 
excellent roads of Converse County. 



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THE HOTEL LA BONTE 

AT DOUGLAS, WYO. 

Is one day's drive from Cheyenne. 
All outside rooms, hot and cold 
water, telephones and electric 
light in every room. European 
Plan. Rates $ 1 .00 per day and up 



H. O. EMERY 



Proprietor 



DOUGLAS NATIONAL BANK 

Douglas, Wyoming 

Capital and Surplus, $5 7,000.00 

M. R. Collins, President L. J. Swan, Vice-Pres, 

Wilkie Collins, Cashier 

R. L. Swan, H. J. Bolln, Asst. Cashiers 



THE COMMERCIAL BANK 
AND TRUST COMPANY 

DIRECTORS 

Geo. W. Metcalf, J. C. Amspoker, J. C. Saul, 

C. D. Zimmerman, W. W. Marchant 



Douglas 



Wyoming 






In Wyoming and Colorado 



Page Fifty-five 



Converse County 

The park bound tourist enters Converse County about ten 
miles west of Glendo. For the whole distance through 
the County he will find graded and well kept roads. The 
entire seventy miles from the east line of Converse County 
to Casper can be made without changing gears. Over this 
well drained Converse County Road the trip can be made 
jn any kind of weather without trouble. 

The first village is Orin Junction, where there is a good 
store which handles oil and gas. There are hotel accom- 
modations here also. Orin is within a short distance of 
Bridger's Ferry, where many of the Western pioneers in 
an early day crossed the river on their way to Oregon, 
California and Utah. 

For many miles the Yellowstone Highway follows the 
Oregon Trail, the Mormon Trail and the path taken by 
the 49'ers. 

From Douglas there are many side trips which may be 
taken. There is good trout fishing within a two hours' ride 
and many beautiful canyons are but a few miles away. A 
wonderful natural bridge, one of the largest in the world, 
can be visited by only adding seven miles to the trip. The 
Highway in Converse County is through a well settled 
country with water and auto supplies at frequent intervals. 

Thirty miles west of Douglas is the prosperous little 
town of Glenrock, where all kinds of auto supplies can be 
purchased and where there is another excellent hotel. — 
Written by M. R. Collins. 




Page Fifty-six Yellowstone Highway 



FLORENCE 
HARDWARE COMPANY 



IJ Headquarters for everything in 
Hardware, Fishing Tackle, etc. 
Call and see us for information as 
to Roads, Good Fishing, etc. Just 
across the street from Hotel 
La Bonte 



Douglas, Wyoming 



RANCHES LIVESTOCK 

€| We have the largest list of Cattle and Sheep 

ranches offered for sale in Central Wyoming. 

Get our large illustrated Ranch Catalog free. 

See our ranches while on your trip to the 

Yellowstone 

Cattle and Sheep for Sale 

WESTERN RANCH EXCHANGE 

1st Nat'l Bank Bldg. Douglas, Wyo. 

Phone 174 

PAUL S. RICHARDS, Mgr. 



FIRST NATIONAL BANK 

Douglas, Wyoming 
The oldest, largest and strongest Bank in Converse County 

Established in 1886 

Capital, Surplus and Profits over $130,000.00 

DIRECTORS 
John Morton, Theo. Pringle, C. F. Maurer, 
T. C. Rowley, J. Yocum 



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Douglas Mercantile 
Company 

"The Store of the Town" 

Where you can shop with your 
eyes shut and know you're getting 

The Best of Everything to 
Eat and Wear 



Our policy is to give the best al- 
ways, as far as Reliable Merchan- 
dise is concerned, at Prices that 
are Absolutely the Lowest 



GEORGE BOLLN CO 

The largest, oldest and best store 
in Douglas, Wyoming 



The tourist will find at this store a 
complete line of everything in 
lunch goods. In our Gents' Fur- 
nishing Goods department we 
carry Blankets, Quilts and Tents 



Look for our large Electric Sign 
on Second street and call on us 

GEORGE BOLLN CO. 



In Wyoming and Colorado Page Fifty-nine 



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W.J.MORSCH&SON 

Douglas Garage 

4th St. just north of Yellowstone Highway 
8 1 60 Square Feet of Floor Space 



FIREPROOF 
CONSTRUCTION 



BUICK CARS 



A. C. Rice, Mgr. Lee Rice, Auto Livery 

A. C. Reese, Repair Foreman 

Yellowstone Garage 

DODGE BROS. £ARS PAIGE-DETROIT 
( A Thoroughly Modern 




Garage with Competent 
Workmen. Storage for 
Forty Cars. Full Line 
of Supplies and Parts 

RICE HARDWARE & 

MOTOR CO. 
Owners and Operators 
One-half block south of La Bonte Hotel, Douglas, Wyo. 

OVERLAND GARAGE 

Supplies and Repairing 

Agency for 

WILLYS OVERLAND AUTOMOBILES 

South Third Street Phone 1 5 

Douglas, Wyoming 



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SAY!!! 

If you are looking for a combination of Quality and 
Prices that are right, you can find it at 

The Golden Rule Store 
DOUGLAS WYOMING 



<J Take your films to DANIELS and you will be satisfied 
■with the results. ^ Our work and prices are right. 
Most complete stock of Photo Supplies in Cent. Wyoming 

DANIELS, THE JEWELER 

Douglas Wyoming 



Bear, Wolf, Coyote, Mountain Lion 

RUGS 

OR ANY OTHER KIND 
WE MAKE THEM 

All kinds of FUR COATS and 
SETS from Trapper to Wearer 



Our Prices the Lowest, Our Work 
the Best. Try us once 



Chicago Hide, Fur and 
Wool House 

DOUGLAS, WYOMING 
The Largest House of its Kind in the West 

Stop at 

Haeseler Pharmacy 

Douglas, Wyoming 

For Drugs, Toilet Preparations, Magazines 

Post Cards, Kodak Supplies, Cigars, Soda Water 

and Ice Cream 

Temple Building, on Yellowstone Highway 

In Wyoming and Colorado Page Sixty-one 



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GLENROCK, WYOMING 

LENROCK, on the Yellowstone Highway, is 
located in the Deer Creek Valley at an eleva- 
tion of 5,013 feet, and enjoys an ideal climate 
the year round, the summers being cool with 
cool nights, and the winter being mild with 
but little snowfall, very few cloudy days and 
with a prevailing west wind, but no cyclones or tornadoes 
and only occasional hail and rain during the summer 
months. Has a very good school and up-to-date merchants, 
and a commercial organization for the betterment of the 
community at large. 

Glenrock is supported chiefly by the coal mining industry, 
big cattle, and sheep ranches and by dry farming, which 
has only recently begun to get a foothold on the range, 
through a realization of the fertility of the soil under proper 
cultivation. A goodly portion of the land still awaits the 
homesteader. 

The country north of Glenrock at present is mainly given 
over to range, for which it is ideal, with a good water sup- 
ply at all times of the year, while south, also a range, is 
given over more to farming, being under the ditch, alfalfa 
being the main forage crop, while the fruits of the garden 
are many. 

Oil Fields Near at Hand 

About six miles west of Glenrock a large oil field is under 
development, being prospected by large oil concerns, 
and if their very optimtistic outlook in the field is realized 
it will be one of the largest producing fields in the State. 
It is evident that our natural resources have only been 
scratched and great opportunities await the 
investor. 



working 



Glenrock is a beautiful little Western city of 250 or 300 
population and is situated at the junction of the North 




Grand Canyon in Yellowstone Xational Park. 



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HOTEL KIMBALL 

Glenrock, Wyoming 

MRS. E. H. KIMBALL, Proprietor 

Headquarters for Automobile Parties and Commercial 
Travelers. Meals served family style. Good, clean rooms 
and bathroom. Garage and Automobile Repairs and 
Supplies in same block. Glenrock is an incorporated 
town located on the Yellowstone Highway, 29 miles 
west of Douglas and 24 miles east of Casper. 



Watch for the 

GLENROCK GARAGE 

Next door to Kimball Hotel 
WILL WOOD Proprietor 



J. D. & L. N. SUMNER 

General Merchandise 

Gasoline and Lunches a Specialty 
Main Street Glenrock, Wyo. 



CHAS. T. PADDEN 

QUALITY STORE 

General Merchandise 

Filling Station 

Glenrock Wyoming 

In Wyoming and Colorado Page Sixty-three 



Platte River and the beautiful mountain stream of Deer 
Creek. The waters of the latter are thickly populated with 
speckled and other varieties of trout, on which the season 
is open during the entire summer. A ten-mile drive south 
will bring the tourist to the banks of Boxelder Creek, 
another stream abounding in trout and wonderland scenery. 
The Yellowstone Highway itself for thirty miles east of 
Glenrock is the acme of road perfection and the driver can 
travel at an average gait of thirty miles per hour. West of 
Glenrock to the Natrona County line the Highway is equally 
good for twelve miles, and from there to Casper is excellent. 

A Splendid Side Trip 

As a side trip, a ten or twelve-mile drive straight south 
brings the autoist to Big Deer Creek Canyon, where the 
trout are more abundant and the scenery is grand. A nar- 
row mountain stream fed by melting snow and perpetual 
mountain springs, forces its way through solid granite 
mountains building itself a channel in places a thousand 
feet deep. Many narrow gorges and waterfalls exist on the 
six or eight miles of this mighty canyon. 

The town of Glenrock boasts the possession of fine hotel 
accommodations — two good hotels, the Hotel Kimball and 
the Sutphin Hotel. Both of which are on the main street 
and in the same block with the Glenrock Garage, which has 
ample room and an up-to-date repair department, as well 
as all kinds of autoists' supplies. There are four general 
stores, a hardware store and lumber yard, two barber shops, 
two saloons, a drug store, newspaper, bank, two livery 
stables, tailor shop, etc. The town is on the C. & N. W. Ry., 
has a good depot with telegraph, telephone, express and 
daily mail accommodations, has fine waterworks, fire depart- 
ment, high school and has twenty running feet of five-foot 
new cement sidewalks for every inhabitant. Six miles west 
of us several large companies are drilling for oil and the 
tourist may .stop by the roadside and see a modern drilling 
rig in actual operation. — A. R. Kimball. 




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GLENROCK STATE BANK 

Capital, $15,000.00; Surplus, $3,000.00 

J. E. HIGGINS, President 

JOS. R. SLAUGHTER, Vice-President 

A. M. RYAN, Cashier 

We pay 5 per cent on time deposits 



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Fairview Coal Co. 

Miners of High Grade Coal 

First Class Preparation and Prompt Service 

Glenrock Wyoming 



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GEORGE D. McDONALD 

Glenrock, Wyoming 
General Merchandise 



Where you buy the same thing cheaper 



A General Line of Supplies suitable for all of 
your demands 



D. J. SMYTH 

Dealer in General Merchandise 
and Farming Implements 



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Glenrock Wyoming 



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CASPER AND NATRONA COUNTY 

S. W. Conwell, Commissioner for Natrona County. 




HIRTY years ago the Oregon trail wound its sinuous 
way westward along the fertile valley of the North 
Platte, then only the home of Indians and wild animals 
and the range used by the big cattle companies for 
their vast herds of cattle and horses. The town of 
<"M M H M i M i'| Casper was not then, and the place of its location 
was a sage brush flat lying in a deep bend of the river around a 
hollow of the mountains, frequented by the cowboys in the spring 
and fall as a convenient place for holding beef on the round-up 
and for branding their calves. 

A tent town was first established, a genuine cow-town of 
the old west, and for twenty years led a precarious existence, 
dependent for its support upon the periodical visits of the cow- 
boys. A town that was "wide-open" in all that the words imply, 
yet a town that even in its infancy became soon noted for its 
hospitable treatment of the stranger within its gates. During the 
first period of its existence there were few, if any, who anticipated 
that the little cow-town would become in the course of a com- 
paratively few years one of the leading cities of the state and 
the center of the greatest wealth-producing industry in the western 
country. 

Until ten years ago the town held a varying population, which 
was for -the most part the entire population of the county of 
Natrona, and which at no time ever exceeded 1,500 persons. With- 
in that time almost all of the great cattle companies have retired 
from the range or shifted their herds to sheep, and in the shifting 
the town soon grew to be the largest sheep and wool market in 
the known world, more mutton and more wool going direct from 
the hands of the growers to eastern markets than from any other 
point. 




Casper High School. 

Requiring more men to handle the sheep, the returns on the 
investment coming more quickly to the owner than from cattle, 
(from which no money could be expected for at least three years! 
after entering the business, while a sheep owner would receive a' 
return within six months either from the shearing of his flock 
or from the sale of his increase), incentive was present for men 
to become flockmasters. The growth of the town of Casper and 
the county of Natrona from the date of the establishment of the 
sheep industry has been phenomenal and has continued without 
interruption, until at this writing (May 15, 1916) the little tent 
town of thirty years ago has grown to one of the most substantial 
cities of the west, with a population of more than six thousand 
people and as many more resident within the confines of thej 
county. 

Almost from the foundation of the little cow-town it was 
known that lubricating oil of high grade was to be found in con- 
siderable quantities to the north of the town some fifty miles ; 
and for twenty years or more a development of the Shannon oil- 
field was proceeded with, in a more or less effective manner; di 
small refinery was built in Casper and the oil was hauled in id\ 
this refinery in tank wagons drawn by string teams of sixteen 
to twenty head of horses. This little refinery produced exceedingly, 
fine quality engine oils, and the Colorado & Southern and other 
railroads took the output for their rolling stock. It was hot, how- 
ever, until within the past seven years that the great deposits 
of illuminating oils, the light oils with high content of gasoline, 
were discovered. 



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BOOSTERS FOR GOOD ROADS 

THE STOCKMEN'S 
NATIONAL BANK 
:OF CASPER: 

€| We will cash your Trav- 
elers' Checks, or sell you a 
new supply. Call on us for 
any business connected 
with Banking. Ask us for 
road conditions. Informa- 
tion cheerfully furnished 



C. H. TOWNSEND, President 

FRANK WOOD, Vice-President 
J. M. LOUNDES, Cashier 

W. J. BAILEY, Asst. Cashier 

L. B. TOWNSEND, Asst. Cashier 



The 

Casper National Bank 

of Casper, Wyoming 

Capital Stock, $50,000.00 

Surplus, $50,000.00 

Undivided Profits, $60,000.00 

The largest bank in Central Wyoming and sev- 
enth bank in size in the State of Wyoming. 



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Deposits Dec. 3 1 st, 1915 
Total Resources 



$710,000.00 
930,000.00 



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Depository for the United States, State of Wyom- 
ing, City of Casper, and County of Natrona. We 
have opened a savings department and will pay 
four per cent interest on deposits. 

A. J. CUNNINGHAM, President 

M. C. CLARKSON, Cashier 

J. D. RICHARDS, Vice-President 

O. K. DEAVER, Assistant Cashier 



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Shoshone Dam on Cody Road 




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P. C. Nicolaysen, Pres. C. S. Nicolaysen, V. Pres. 

S. W. Conwell, Sec'y 

Nicolaysen Lumber 
Company 

All Kinds of 

BUILDING MATERIAL 

Lumber, Coal, Lime, Cement, Compo-Board, 

Schuttler Wagons, Fremont Buggies, 
McCormick Machinery, Corrugated Iron 

Phone 62 Casper, Wyoming 



Bingheimer Lumber 
Company 

Complete Stock of 

LUMBER 

BUILDING MATERIALS 
AND COAL 

Phone No. 3 Casper, Wyoming 

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Oil Industry 

With the bringing in of the first well, which was a gusher and 
produced more than 1,000 barrels of oil daily, and is still producing 
without the use of a pump, the true and rapid growth of the town 
commenced. 

The Mid West Oil Company, headed by Colorado Springs capi- 
talists, chief among whom is Verner Z. Reed and O. H. Shoup, 
immediately commenced the construction of a pipe line to the 
Salt Creek field and the building of a refinery immediately west 
of the town. This company has expended in construction work 
in the last five years, it is estimated, in the neighborhood of five 
millions of dollars and is now operating one of the large refineries 
where thousands of barrels of refined oils are turned out every 
day and shipped to the world's markets. Several other companies 
entered the field at about the same time, and built refineries, but 
have been consolidated with the original Mid-West Company. 




Oil Well at Casper. 

Within a comparatively short time after the building of the 
Mid-West refineries the Standard Oil Company of Indiana selected 
Casper as the location best fitted for their purposes, and four 
years ago erected a twenty still refinery at a cost of more than 
a million and a half dollars, which has been twice doubled in 
capacity. These two big industries employ in their various opera- 
tions more than a thousand men and carry a payroll of many 
thousands of dollars monthly, the greater part of which is directly 
distributed among the merchants and business men of the town. 

Monthly shipments of oil from these two big refineries will 
aggregate considerably more than a million dollars and have done 
much to make Casper the railroad center of the state. A passenger 
and freight division on three big railroads, The Chicago & North 
Western, the Wyoming & Northwestern and the Chicago, Bur- 
lington & Quincy, each of which give employment to a large 




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Yelloicstone Highway 



COLISEUM 






GARAGE:: 



DODGE & CHANDLER MOTOR CARS 



Complete Line of Parts 



Goodrich Tires 

All Sizes 



LIAL BRANSON'S REPAIR SHOP 
Best equipped shop in Central Wyoming 



AT YOUR SERVICE 



CASPER - WYOMING 



In Wyoming and Colorado Page Seventy-three 



number of operatives, most of whom must perforce reside in Casper. 
It has been authoritatively stated that the freight receipts of 
the Casper railroads amount to more than three-quarters of a 
million dollars every month. Through passenger service from 
Chicago and the east is maintained by both the Burlington and 
the North Western and travelers may take a sleeper in Chicago and 
arrive in Casper without change of cars. The Burlington also 
maintains a double daily service between Casper and Denver, and 
the North Western has a splendid service to Omaha and the east. 
The Burlington trains run through to Seattle and Portland, by 
way of Billings, thus giving an immediate and direct service from 
east to west. 

Casper in the Building 

It would be useless in an article limited to the space assigned 
to this to attempt a description of the many beautiful residences, 
the modern hotel buildings and business blocks, but it is sufficient 
to say that the construction of the town has been along solid lines 
and that its hotels, business buildings, theaters and public places 
will compare most favorably with any town of its size in the world. 
The traveling public have established for the hotels of Casper the 
reputation of being as good as can be found anywhere on earth. 

When the location and surroundings of the town are con- 
sidered one does not wonder at what it has become in so short 
a space of time, and is led to the inevitable conclusion that as 
the years pass it is bound to become one of the largest and best 
cities of the intermountain states. Pure, dry mountain air, the 
elevation is 5,185 feet, almost a mile high, and to the south, six 
miles away the Casper range rises to an elevation of nearly nine 
thousand feet. From these mountains comes the domestic water 
supply of the town, the coldest, purest, best water that ever came 
out of the ground and in sufficient quantities to supply all domestic 
needs of a town four or five times larger. 

The mountain streams are filled with speckled trout, and in 
many of them are found large numbers of the famous rainbow 
trout, and salmon trout of the western slope which have been 
transplanted. Sage chickens are abundant in the valleys and foot- 
hills, and grouse and other game birds are plentiful in the moun- 
tains. Deer are quite plentiful, and in season hunters have killed 
magnificent specimens within eight or ten miles of the town. Truly 
Natrona County may be called the paradise of the hunter and fisher- 
man. Bear and mountain lion are frequently taken and the big gray 
timber wolf is quite numerous. Coyotes and jack rabbits abound 
in the foothills and on the broad plains, while in season the 
flight of migratory birds, ducks, geese and others, is almost con- 
tinuous. 




The schools and churches of the town are better than most. 
the Natrona County High School being admittedly the most 
modern and best equipped school in the west, although not as 
large as some. The grade schools are housed in magnificent 
modern buildings and the teaching faculty of the school system 
of the county comprises more than fifty instructors. Manual 
training, as well as domestic science, art and music departments. 
are maintained in both the high and grade schools and special 
expert instructors are employed in each. Casper schools were 
the leaders in what has become known over the United States 

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Casper Machine Shop 

AND GARAGE 

W. G. Noonan, Prop. 

Located on Yellowstone Highway 
through city 



Largest Equipped Machine Shop 
and Garage in Wyoming 



All sizes Standard Tires, Tubes, 
and Accessories in Stock 



Our Service Dept. best in city 



Open Day and Night 
Give us a trial 



BOYLE'S GARAGE 

Casper, Wyoming 




C| Large, New, Fully Equipped. Repairs, 

Storage, Supplies, Tires. Special Attention 

Given to Tourists 






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THE CHAMBERLIN FURNITURE & 
UNDERTAKING CO. 

Cellar to Dome 
Casper Wyoming 



R. H. NICHOLS 
Lawyer 

Townsend Building 
Casper Wyoming 



GEORGE B. NELSON 

REAL ESTATE 

Owner of Nelson's Addition 
Call and I will interest you in 
some exceptionally good invest- 
ments in both city and ranch 
properties. ------ 

Casper Wyoming 



CAMPBELL-JOHNSON COMPANY 

HEAD TO FOOT CLOTHIERS 

Everything for the Tourist 

I 2 I North Center Street Casper, Wyo. 



THE WIGWAM CONFECTIONERY 

For Ice Cream, Cold Drinks, Candy, Cigars, 

Magazines, Post Cards and Souvenirs 

Ice Cream Parlor and Rest Room 

Near Post Office 

LOOK FOR THE SIGN OF THE WIGWAM 

CASPER WYOMING 



GUS BAR L ITT 

Meats, Vegetables, Fruits and Oysters 



Telephone 1 2 



Casper, Wyoming 



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BERRY HOTEL 

New, modern, all outside rooms 
Hot and Cold Running Water 



One Block South of 
New Postoffice 



Rooms $1.00 Up Per Couple 



Casper, 



Garage Across the Street 



Wyo. 



RHINOCEROS 
HOTEL and CAFE 



NEW 

MODERN 

ROOMS 



Best Service 



Reasonable Prices 



1 48 Center Street 



Phone 22 



The Casper Mercantile Co. 

W. J. KING and H. J. RAFFERTY 

Dealers in 

Groceries and Hardware, Gasoline and Oil 

•J We are located on the Yellowstone Highway, second 
door east of the Casper National Bank, across from the 
Hub Theatre. 

€J Call on us and we will treat you right. We guarantee 
PRICES will be the same to you as to our regular 
customers. 



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as the Wyoming (or Steever) cadet system, and the record for 
wall scaling is held by the Casper High, whose third squad made 
the world's record of six and one-fifth seconds in competition 
with Cheyenne. 

The town is supplied with the usual quota of secret fraternal 
organizations, both the Masonic order and the Odd Fellows 
having large and beautiful homes of their own. The churches of 
the town, Catholic, Episcopalian, Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, 
Lutheran (German and English) have their own church buildings, 
and the Christian, United Brethren and Christian Science each hold 
regular services. 

Present Casper 

The town of Casper is governed by a mayor and board of 
councilmen and live, wide awake men are always elected to these 
positions, men who are constantly on the outlook for those things 
which will be for the betterment of the conditions of residence 
in the town and the making of it better and bigger in every way. 

As a residential town there is no place on earth that is better 
fitted in every respect than Casper to make your permanent home. 
Pure air, sparkling mountain water, dry, exhilarating climate, no 
intense heat in the summer, or bitter cold in the winter, and a 
people that are friendly and hospitable with the freedom and 
whole-heartedness of the west make an appeal that is irresistible. 

The citizens are supplied with an abundance of pure mountain 
water for domestic purposes through the agency of a municipally 
owned water works, and the meter system is used so that one 
pays for just the exact amount of water used; the income being 
more than sufficient to maintain the plant and to make exten- 
sions as increased population requires. 

There are more miles of first-class cement sidewalk in the 
town of Casper than any place of its size in the United States 
and miles of new walk are laid each year. As an example of what 
this growth really is there has been during the past two years 
more than 300 dwelling houses built and at present there are some 
forty or fifty in course of construction, yet there has been no time 
either in the past or at the present when there were any vacant 
modern houses to be had unless they were engaged before they 
were built. 





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The streets of the town are well graded and being on a gravel 
base are usually in excellent condition for travel, and this is per- 
haps one reason why the number of automobiles owned by its 
citizens is far in excess of the average. A large and active Auto- 
mobile Club has its hand constantly on the road question and 
the county roads leading out of Casper in all directions are well 
kept and in first-class condition. 

The best fire department in the state with quarters on Center 
Street, where two large auto-chemical machines and hook and 
ladder trucks are kept and a hose house on the south side oi the 
town give the property better protection than is to be found in 
many of the larger cities. 

The Natrona County Fair Association, with headquarters in 
Casper, each year holds an annual affair and race meet, which is 
admittedly one of the best in the intermountain country, and 
horses are brought to the meet from all the big racing tracks. 
Last season the meet was said by horsemen to be a bigger and 



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Yellowstone Highway 



Casper's Largest Department Store 

The 

Golden Rule 



"WE SELL 
EVERYTHING 
TO WEAR" 



LOOK FOR THE SIGN 



135-137-139 East 2nd Street 
I. O. O. F. Building 

Casper Wyoming 



WE SPECIALIZE 

IN MEN'S, YOUNG MEN'S AND BOYS' 
WEARING APPAREL 



WE GUARANTEE 

The Correctness of the Style of Every Article 
We Sell! 

If you wish a Suit, Overcoat, Shoes, Neckwear, 
etc., you can select it with the assurance that 
it is "up to the minute" in every detail. 



LET US SERVE YOU 



The Bloom Show & Clothing Co. 

"The Sign of Correct Styles for Men." 
Casper, Wyo. 

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Mid-West Hotel, Casper 
House between Denver and Yellowstone 



The Mid-West Hotel 

CASPER, WYOMING 

Where you will be glad you planned a day or night's 

rest. Mail and express may be sent in our 

care with safety 

C. W. Adams Manager 



CJ To enjoy a trip over Wyoming 
roads, is to buy your Automobile 
Clothing and Furnishings, as well as 
your Lunch Supplies, Gasoline, and 
Oils, at 



C. HL Townsend's 



Corner Second and Center Streets 



Casper, Wyoming 



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O. L. Walker Lumber Co. 

Casper, Wyo. 
Glenrock, Wyo. 
Lost Springs, Wyo. 



Gasoline and Oils Carried in Stock at Lost Springs 

W. C. Harned Furniture Co. 

Furniture, Ranges, Rugs and Tents 

Upholstering and Cabinet Making 

Auto Seats Made Over 



1 38 No. Center St. 



Casper, Wyoming 



Schulte Hardware Co. 

Complete Line of 

Hardware and 
Automobile Supplies 



1 32 So. Center St. 



Casper, Wyoming 



ARE YOU INSURED? 

Let Me Show You Some 

REAL ESTATE 

Twenty Years Experience 

MARION P. WHEELER 

Rooms 5-6 Townsend Block 

Casper, Wyo. 



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better meeting than the ones held at Denver and Pueblo, with 
more horses on the track and larger purses to contend for. It 
is the intention of the association to make the meet this year better 
than ever before, and to continue from year to year to make it 
stronger and better. 

With the wave of prohibition sweeping the country there has 
been built in Casper within the past two years a first-class brewery 
that is manufacturing and shipping what is said to be a very fine 
article of beer and is doing a large and profitable business. 

A large artificial ice plant and two natural ice companies, 
furnish the necessary cooling for domestic and business purposes 
during the summer season and at much more reasonable prices 
than is general throughout the eastern country. 



Public Buildings 

One of the best equipped public libraries in the west is main- 
tained by the county for the benefit of its citizens. The book 
stacks are well filled with reading for all classes and conditions 
from heavy scientific tomes to the latest novels of the day, as 
well as all leading periodicals and daily and weekly newspapers. 

The United States Post Office Department has just completed 
a magnificent federal building at a cost of about $100,000, in which 
is housed the city post office with its carrier system reaching all 
parts of the town within a short time after the arrival of the 
mail trains. 




Pathfinder Dam Near Casper. 

Light and power are furnished by two electric companies, each 
of which has a most modern plant, and the prices charged are 
four cents for light, and three cents for heat and power per kilo- 
watt hour. In addition to these as a source of light, natural gas 
has been discovered in large quantities a short distance west of 
the town, and arrangements are being made to lay pipe lines to 
conduct it into the town for use. Taking these and the large supply 
of fuel oils, Casper is one of the cheapest fuel towns in the 
world. " "* :* 

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Wyoming Electric Co. 



Visit Our Showrooms 
Opposite New Post Office 



See Our Diesel Engines 
Maple and Railroad 



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Batteries Charged 



Day phone 95 Night phone 25 I 



Casper Steam Laundry 

Phone 255 
O. L. THOMPSON, Proprietor 




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YcUoxcston* Highway 



do no better than to pay heed to the advantages of being placed 
in Casper, with coal, oil, gas, and electricity for fuel and copper, 
iron, chrome iron, sulphate and carbonate of soda, glass sand, 
brick shale, asbestos, zinc and lead in almost inexhaustible quantities 
in the mountains, within six miles of rail, and a greater or less 
quantity of silver and gold distributed throughout, giving oppor- 
tunity for the manufacture of a wide and varied assortment of 
every day necessities. 

Homestead Claims Near Casper 

Within the past sixty days more than forty homestead filings 
have been made on lands immediately contiguous to Casper, and 
what a few years ago was open range is now being developed into 
small farms, some under the dry farm system, which is proving 
to be very successful, and some under irrigation; the public land 
open to entry is rapidly being taken up and within a few short 
years Natrona County will become a leader in agriculture as it 
has been and is in the cattle and sheep industry and in oil. The 
great Pathfinder dam, 47 miles southwest of Casper has a storage 
capacity for a body of water that can successfully irrigate many 
thousands of acres of land that will grow anything that can be 
grown in a similar climate any place on the face of the earth, and 
grow it in greater quantities, for there is no richer land on earth 
than the sagebrush flats of Wyoming, not even the fabled valley 
of the Nile. The government is now working on the propostion 
to put the water from this dam on 100,000 acres of land immediately 
north of Casper and just across the North Platte River. When 
this is done some of the finest farming lands that are now covered 
only with sagebrush will become gardens of grain. 



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Clock Tower on Cody Road. 

_ Industries 

Fruit of all kinds, apples, peaches, pears, apricots, strawberries, 
raspberries, blackberries, currants, gooseberries and all sorts of 
garden vegetables thrive in the soil of Wyoming, and at Bessemer 
17 miles west of Casper, several large commercial orchards have 
come in bearing and a large number have been planted and will 
be producing within the next few years. The apples grown in 
this district are solid, good keepers, and have a flavor that is not 
found in the fruit grown in lower altitudes. It is only a question 
of a few years more until Natrona County will supply large 
quantities of apples and other fruits to the eastern markets. At 
the present time the demand far exceeds the production. 

Casper has a most excellent creamery, cheese factory and ice 
cream factory manufacturing and supplying not only the residents 
of the town, but those of many others towns, with excellent butter, 
cheese and ice cream. Dairying as a business is becoming a source 
of steady income to many of the small farmers and is growing in 
importance every year. 

Chickens and hogs are both successfully and profitably raised 
in Natrona County and there is no better place for the location 
of a big chicken ranch with a steady and ever increasing demand 
for its product, than somewhere in the immediate vicinity of 
Casper. When it is understood that such a thing as cholera, 
either in hogs or chickens has never been known to exist here it 
will give an idea of what persons who understand the growing 
of either can do. 

To the southwest of Casper about 30 miles the Alcova Hot 
Springs, which are equal to if not the superior of the Thermopolis 
Hot Springs from a medicinal standpoint, burst forth from the 
canyon walls rearing strait six hundred to a thousand feet above 
them and the waters come forth from icy cold to boiling hot. 
For very many chronic complaints these waters are considered 
better than any other and . some most wonderful cures have re- 
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Grand Central Stables 

Auto, Stage and Livery Service 
Auto Stage to Salt Creek Tuesday and Friday 



Cash Paid for 

FURS, PELTS AND HIDES 
Casper, Wyo. 



The Foundation of a Fortune — A Lot In Casper 

For information about Real Estate values in 
Casper and surrounding country 

See 

ROSS LAMBERT 

Office 207 Center St., Casper, Wyo. 

Also information regarding Oil Lands and Soda Deposits 



THE GLOBE SHOE COMPANY 

The Only Exclusive Shoe Store 

in the City 

Casper, Wyo. 



SCHULTE BROS. 

"SERVE YOU RIGHT" 
CONFECTIONERY AND CIGARS 

Casper, Wyo. 



LANDMARKS 

Along the route of the Yellowstone Highway that will 
be long and pleasantly remembered by tourists are the 

KIMBALL DRUG STORES 

at Casper, Wyoming 

Drugs, Jewelry, Toilet Articles, Candies, Cigars, § 
Post Cards, Souvenirs, etc. Stores in the 
Kimball Bldg., and at the Mid-West 
Hotel 



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THE IRIS THEATRE 

W. R. Sample, Prop. 
1 42 North Center Street 

CHANGE OF PICTURES DAILY 

Casper Wyoming 



The Richards & Cunningham 
Company 

General Merchandise 



DRY GOODS 



Groceries, Hardware, Notions, Furnishing 
Goods, Hats, Caps, Boots and Shoes 



Barb Wire, Guns and Ammunition 
Pocket and Table Cutlery 



FLOUR— FEED— GRAIN 

Casper Wyoming 

MAKE 

THE HUB 

Your Amusement Center When 
You Arrive at Casper 



UNIVERSAL PROGRAM 
Red Feather Photo Plays 

PERFECT PICTURES PROPERLY PROJECTED 



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suited from their proper and consistent use. They may be reached 
by a good automobile road on the way to the Pathfinder dam, 
and the scenery surrounding them, particularly the narrow canyon, 
not over 100 feet wide with the rapid rushing water of the Platte 
foaming down through it, is well worth making the journey to 
look upon. 

Nature Has Been Kind to Casper 

But the Alcova canyon and springs are not the only beautiful 
spots in and around the town, a ride into the mountains anywhere 
from six to twenty miles will keep one's eyes busy with the beauty 
of the rugged mountains, many of the places that will be encoun- 
tered being far and away of more interest and causing greater 
delight to the eye, and bringing more peace to the soul than 
will many of the far-famed and widely advertised show places of 
the world. No country on earth has been so blessed by the great 
Creator in the making as have the intermountain states, it being 
apparent that He gave to their rugged mountains, towering forests 
and clear, cold, swiftly flowing streams all of the beauty that mind 
could conceive. 

At Powder River, forty miles west of Casper is a valley, or 
grotto, or perhaps better called a half cave-like depression filled 
with the most beautiful stalagmites and stalactites in the wonder- 
ful colorings and locally designated as Hell's Half Acre or Hell's 
Kitchen, and it equals in beauty the far famed Grand Canyon of 
Arizona, except that it is on a pigmy scale in comparison. 

No statistical information is included in this article, as it is 
intended only to draw attention to the most desirable town, in 
the most desirable state in the union, desirable from the standpoints 
of business opportunities, residential advantages, and scenic 
beauties. The one place where capital may be invested with an 
absolute and positive assurance that the investment if wisely 
made will prove profitable; the one place where if you will reside 
for twelve months you will never willingly leave for any other; 
the one place where nature has done everything that could be 
done to beautify and make pleasing to the eye the surrounding 
country. If it has accomplished this, if it has interested you, the 
great live organization of Casper and Natrona County, the Casper 
Industrial Club, will gladly furnish you facts and figures on any 
subject of inquiry that will establish the absolute truth of every 
statement that has been made herein. 

If you are looking for a location to establish a business, either 
mercantile or manufacturing, it will pay you to investigate Casper. 

If you are looking for a place to spend a summer outing, it will 
pay you to investigate Casper. 

If you are taking a trip by automobile, travel the Yellowstone 
highway and you will pass through Casper. 

If you are going to take a trip to see the beauties of your 
country, be sure that your railroad ticket reads to Casper or at 
least with stop-over, for there you will find the best enjoyment 
you have ever had, the most whole-souled hospitable people on 
earth,- typical of the broad, wide west where the hand-clasp is just 
a little stronger and friendship means just a little more than it 
does anywhere else on the face of the earth. 

You will be welcome if you come to stay; you will be welcome 
if you come to visit and when your visit is over you and the 
people of Casper will both be filled with regret that your stay 
was so short, and you will return to your eastern home filled with 
the desire to return and the hope that your desire may soon be 
realized. 

WYOMING'S CALL 

Under beautiful azure skies, 

O'er valley and wind-swept plain, 
Majestic purple mountains rise, 

And call; call me home again. 
Calling me home; calling me home; 

Calling me home again; 
Wyoming's mountains and plains 

Are calling me home again. 
The desert air with its freshness; 

The wild flowers of the plain; 
The silences and the wildness, 

Are calling me home again. 
The water from the mountain spring, 

Sheep and cattle on the plain. 
The long freight teams, all in one string. 

Are calling me home again. 
The chickens and grouse in the sage, 

The coyote crossing the plain. 
The winds and storms that wildly rage, 

Are calling me home again. 

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SWEEPER 




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powerful suction. Special Demonstration on our Floor 

Natrona County Electric Co. 



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BRISCOE 

4 cyl. 24 H. P., 

$585 
4 cyl. 38 H. P., 

$750 
8 cyl. 38 H. P., 

$950 

F.O.B. Factory 

DUHL1NG GARAGE 

North Wyoming Distributers "THE BRISCOE CARS" 

General Repair and Machine Shop 

Oxy-Acetylene Welding 




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CASPER VULCANIZING PLANT 
and Service Station 

Work day or night 

If in trouble phone W. M. Yard 782W 

CASPER WYOMING 



Capital, $50,000.00 



Surplus, $10,000.00 



Commercial & Savings 
Department 

SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES 



OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS 

B. B. Brooks, President T. A. Cosgriff 

G. E. Abbott, Vice-Pres. R. C. Wyland, Cashier 

C. F. Shumaker, Asst. Cashier 



Phones 256 and I83J 

THE CLOTHERY 

ARTHUR J. NORTON, Proprietor 
We have the most modern (cleaning and pressing) 
Shop in Central Wyoming and always open for public 
inspection. 




The Casper Private Hospital, 840 S. Durbin St., 

Casper, Wyo. 

Dr. H. R. Lathrop, Surgeon-in-Charge 

Graduate Nurses Private Ambulance 

All Modern Improvements Telephone No. 2 73 



WE CAN SUPPLY YOUR WANTS 

IN 
Druggists' Sundries, Drugs, Perfumes, 
Toilet Articles, Stationery, Jewelry, Cut 

Glass, China, Candies 

Kodaks and Supplies 

CASPER PHARMACY 



Phone 180 



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LOST CABIN AND ITS SURROUNDINGS 

J. B. OKIE, Commissioner for Fremont County. 



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OST CABIN was founded in 1884, by J. B. Okie. 
When he first located there he had to go 130 miles 
for his mail and only got it twice per year. So the 
name given it was not at that time, inappropriate. 
Lost Cabin is the headquarters of the Bighorn 
Sheep Company. They are extensively engaged in 
the raising of sheep. Immediately surrounding the town there 
are several thousand acres of irrigated land, and it is here that 
one sees trees and shrubbery for the first time after leaving 
Casper. 

This village, though small, is strictly up to date — has gravity 
water system, electric light, concrete sidewalks, local and long 
distance telephone, daily mail and automobile stage to the railroad 
three miles distant. There is a comfortable hotel, garage, store 
and blacksmith shop. 

The residence of J. B. Okie is situated in well kept grounds, 
several acres in extent. In a park there is a small herd of elk, 
living in practically a natural state. 

In an aviary there is the finest private collection of rare birds 
west of New York. At this writing there are 140 birds, repre- 
senting more than 100 species. Visitors are always welcome. 




The Big Tepee, Lost Cabin, Wyo. 

On the Goodrich sign post 73 miles west of Casper, which has 
a side arm reading, "Badwater 6.", is a sign which reads: "Scenic 
side trip, \ l / 2 Miles to Badlands, 4 Miles to Summit." At this 
point a road leaves the highway on the north side and goes to 
the summit of the Big. Horn mountains 23 miles distant. This 
road was built by J. B. Okie to reach his summer range. It has 
been carefully graded, is kept in good repair and is used for 
automobiles. A trip over the entire road is well worth while. 
There is some fine mountain scenery and at the end of the road 
an altitude of 8,500 feet is reached. Tourists, who do not care to 
take the entire trip, should at least go out 1^2 miles and look 
down on the delicately colored Badlands, and if possible, go 4 
miles to the first summit 6,715 feet in altitude. From this point 
a fine view can be had in every direction. 

The investor and locator will find the surrounding country 
interesting in several ways. Beginning about 12 miles north of 
Lost Cabin there is a body of rich, black land reaching from 
Cotton Wood Pass almost to No Wood post office, containing 
several hundred square miles, ideal for dry farming. This land is 
all open to homestead entry, and will produce wild hay without 
irrigation. Within 6 miles of Lost Cabin there are a number of 
reservoir sites, which will, when utilized, reclaim bodies of land 
from 1,000 to 4,000 acres each. 

Within 20 miles of Lost Cabin there are 65 petroleum springs, 
and asphalt deposits, the location of former springs. Prospectors 
are now hunting for the source of this supply and it is confidently 
expected that oil will be found during the ensuing summer. All 
of the land heretofore referred to is still in the hands of the 
Government and can be acquired under the United States land 
laws. 

At Lost Cabin the Yellowstone Highway is joined by the road 
from Salt Lake, Rock Springs, Lander and Shoshone. 

There is fine trout fishing to be had on the No Wood and its 
tributaries are in easy reach of the auto road. 

Full information will be given at the Office of the Bighorn 
Sheep Company to all inquirers. 

Written by J. B. Okie, Commissioner of Fremont, County. 



In Wyoming and Colorado 



Page Ninety-one 



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The Oasis Hotel, Lost Cabin, Wyoming 

The Oasis 

Lost Cabin, Wyoming 



The Only Strictly 
Modern Hotel Be- 
tween Casper and 
Thermopolis - - 



Telegraph, Local and Long 
Distance Telephone 



Hot and Cold Water 

Steam Heat In Every Room 

Electric Lights 



Rooms $1.00 



Meals 75c 




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The Gateway to J. B. Okie's Home, Lost Cabin 




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Yellowstone Highway 



HOT SPRINGS COUNTY 

As the name "Yellowstone" is signi- 
ficant of the peculiar point of interest 
upon the Yellowstone Highway, so the 
name of this county "Hot Springs" and 
of the city of Thermopolis (Hot City) is 
significant of the most interesting re- 
sources of the southern portion of the 
Big Horn Basin. Coming from the south 
the traveler enters Hot Springs County, 
marked by the sign post, and the Big 
Horn Basin at one and the same time, for 
when Hot Springs County was created 
from portions of old Big Horn, Fremont 
and Park Counties, it was the intention 
of the creators of the county to follow 
as nearly as possible by section lines the 
crest of the mountains to the south of 
Thermopolis, which also marked the 
southern boundary of the wonderful Big 
Horn Basin. 

Entering the county in the southeast portion thereof at an 
elevation of in the neighborhood of fifty-five hundred feet, the 
traveler soon drops from the Reed ranch over to what is known 
as Buffalo Creek, which itself is dry a great portion of the year, 
but leading into which from all directions are small creeks fed 
by springs well up the slope of Copper and Black Mountains, 
which furnish some of the best cattle and sheep ranges in the 
west. 




A. K. LEE. 

Commissioner for Hot 

Springs County. 




Terrace of Big Horn, Hot Springs. 

Nearing the Big Horn River, over which you will find a fine 
new steel bridge just completed by Hot Springs County at con- 
siderable effort, you observe to the left across the river Stagner 
Mountain, which is a part of the Shoshone Indian Reservation 
and upon which leases are granted to local ranchmen for the 
pasturing of thousands of cattle. You observe between Copper 
Mountain which is to the south of you and Stagner Mountain 
to the south and west, a deep cut which is in fact the famous 
Big Horn Canyon, second to no canyon in the west in scenic 
beauties, through which the Big Horn River roars and tumbles 
from the Boysen Dam at the south end of the canyon, where 
the Wind River loses its identity in the Big Horn to the northern 
mouth itself, and through which the Burlington Railroad has 
blasted its road bed upon a water grade at a cost of millions. 

Soon after crossing the river you see about four miles to 
the north of the city of Thermopolis, the county seat and principal 
town of Hot Springs County, which, situated at an elevation of 
4,200 feet, has one of the most delightful climates, winter and 
summer, to be found in the west. Above Thermopolis to the 
north you see "Round Top" a land mark for miles around, and to 
the east is Monument Hill, where many people, joyous over the 
recovery of health brought about by bathing in the waters of 
the famous Hot Springs, have erected monuments of stone as 
memorials of their thanks. 

Perhaps you are pleased by the solid and splendid appearance 
of the business district of the city, most of the business houses 
being of stone .or brick. I need but remind you that within a 
mile is immense quantities of excellent building stone, and this 
has been utilized in the construction of our business buildings. 
Near at hand are large gypsum deposits and within four miles 
is a mountain of sulphur which is now being operated by the 
American Sulphur Company. 



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Page Ninety-three 




Walt 



Proprietor 



The Washakie Hotel and Bath House 

A Home of Comfort for Rest and Recreation 

Thermopolis, Wyoming 

Big Horn Hot Springs 

Hot and Cold Water from the Famous Big Spring 

Competent Osteopath and Masseur and Masseuse in attendance 

No persons afflicted with Infectious or Contagious diseases 

entertained at this hotel 

American Plan 

Rates: $2.50 per day $14.00 and $16.00 per week 

With Baths 

€]I The most attractive region between Denver and the 
Yellowstone Park is reached by the tourist at Thermopo- 
lis. Four miles south of this noted health resort the 
Highway crosses the Big Horn river. Here the traveler 
is really passing through the gateway to the classic Big 
Horn valley. To the left the entrance to the magnificent 
Wind River Canyon is in full view. This immense gash 
in the Owl Creek ranges is outrivaled only by the Grand 
Canyon of the Colorado. At Thermopolis the celebrated 
Hot Springs offer rest and refreshment after the long 
trip across the arid plains. 

C| These wonderful springs rank easily with any of the 
noted waters of Europe. Their therapeutic qualities 
place them on a level with Aix-la-Chapelle, Carlsbad, or 
Baden Baden. 

€fl The temperature of the water is 135 Fahr. There are 

a number of different springs. One of these the big 

spring — has a flow of 18,600,000 gallons in twenty-four 
hours. 

C|J On reaching the springs the tourist will nnd at the 
Washakie Hotel the best and most modern accommoda- 
tions, including meals and bath. 

€J The waters used in these baths are piped direct from 
the Big Spring. After a plunge in these life giving 
waters and a rub down by one of the best masseurs in 
the west, the traveler will forget the heat and dust and 
travel of the trail. 



WYOMING TRUST CO. OF 

Thermopolis Wyo. 

Capital $25,000.00 

David Dickie, Pres. H. P. Rothwell, Vice-Pres. 

A. J. Lowry, Cashier 

General Banking Savings Department 



Six Per Cent Interest Paid On Savings Deposits 

THERMOPOLIS STATE BANK 

Largest Resources of Any Bank of the 

Big Horn Basin ! 

American Bankers' Association * 

Travelers' Checks • 

C. W. Ford, President Arthur K. Lee, Cashier # 

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The 



Emery Hotel 

E. E. Ransome, Prop. 



STRICTLY MODERN 



'The Home of the Tourist" 



The Best Cafe 
In Wyoming 



Thermopolis 



Wyoming 



MARTIN SAYS: 

The best is none too good. We carry a complete 
line of pure drugs, chemicals, toilet articles, sta- 
tionery, tourist 

supplies, : 

cameras, kodak 
supplies, leather 
goods, pennants, 
and Thermos 
bottles. Our soda 
fountain is al- 
ways working 

overtime, because of the delicious drinks we 
serve. When in Thermopolis make our store 
your headquarters. All we ask is one trial, and 
we know you will be pleased with our service. 

Located on the corner between the two big 
garages and opposite the Emery Hotel. 




The Store of Quality, Price and Service 



MARTIN'S PHARMACY 

Aubrey G. Martin Proprietor 



C£8C02&O£&££S&&£82££83^ 



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Page Ninety-five 



Coal and Oil 

To the north thirteen miles are two large coal mines in active 
operation, one at Crosby owned by the Big Horn Collieries 
Company and the other at Gebo owned by the Owl Creek Coal 
Company, the two producing daily three thousand tons of coal, 
the peer of any coal produced in the west, not excepting the 
famous Rock Springs Coal of Southern Wyoming. West of these 
mines are thousands of acres of immense coal deposits which 
will some day if necessary supply the United States with coal. 
The present mines gives several hundred miners employment and 
with the extension of these mines and the opening of new ones, 
this is destined to become one of the great coal producing regions 
of the northwest. 

Over in the northwestern portion of the county is probably 
one of the richest small oil districts anywhere in the west. In 
the Grass Creek basin in 1914, oil was discovered at a depth of 
about one thousand feet, and today many wells are producing 
thousands of barrels daily of the highest class green oil, which is 
transported to the railroad at Chatham, Wyoming, about twenty 
miles north of Thermopolis, through a pipe line about thirty 
miles long, one of the few gravity pipe lines of the world. The 
Grass Creek field differs from many of the oil fields of the west 
in that the large oil companies were not the only benefactors by 
the discovery of oil, there being a number of small companies in 
operation and a number of individuals having become wealthy. 



Fertile Farms on Owl Creek 

Leading into the Big Horn River about seven miles north of 
Thermopolis from the west is Owl Creek, which for a distance of 
forty miles is lined on each side by fertile farms growing thou- 
sands of tons of alfalfa and thousands of bushels of fine small 
grain of all kinds. North of Thermopolis along the Big Horn 
are also many other farms and over the hills in all directions 
roam thousands of cattle, sheep and horses. Farmers usually cut 
two crops of alfalfa and leave the third cutting on the ground, 
making the finest kind of pasture for their stock when it is brought 
in from the range in the early winter. It was formerly the custom 
to allow the cattle and sheep to stay on the range during the 
whole of the winter, and the loss was usually small due to the 
mild climate and abundance of feed, but recently on account of 
the high prices of live stock, the ranchmen have found it better 
to place them on feed during the early winter, thus insuring a 
continued growth of young stuff and an absence of loss of all 
classes of breeding cattle. 

About forty acres of the southwest portion of the reserve has 
recently been turned over by the State of Wyoming to the town 
of Thermopolis, and here has been planted and is being carefully 
cultivated, what is destined to become one of the finest forest 
parks anywhere. In this park it is planned at a later date to 
build a pretentious court house for the County of Hot Springs. 
and a library building and coliseum are in contemplation at the 
present time. 

The town of Thermopolis has one of the best water systems 
to be found in the west. Water is pumped from wells on what 
is known as the island south of Thermopolis. To reach these 
wells the water from the river runs through a long distance of 
gravel, making one of the best filters which could be provided, and 
forty thousand dollars has recently been spent by the city in 
enlarging its water plant and reservoirs. It is expected that this 
enlargement will provide plenty of water for a town of five thou- 
sand people. The sewer system extends practically over the entire 
town and has given no trouble since its installation a number of 
years ago. 

Thermopolis has taken pride in keeping her public school 
system to the highest standard at all times and a complete course 
from kindergarten to a four year high school is provided. It is 
only about five j r ears since the north wing of the school house 



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Go to the 

Hot Springs Light 
& Power Company 

for 
Anything and Everything Electrical 

Auto Lamps, Switches, Flash Lights, 
Spark Plugs, Horns, Fuses, Push But- 
tons. Also 

Vacuum Cleaners, Washing Machines, 
Fixtures, Stand Lamps, Electrical Cook- 
ing Apparatus, Fans, Vibrators, Irons, 
Air Heaters, Clocks, Curling Irons, 
Heating Pads and Sewing Machine 
Motors. 

Thermopolis, Wyoming 



FORD 

The Universal Car 

Arthur K. Lee, Agent 

Thermopolis Wyoming 



Warren Scovel Manager 

THERMOPOLIS SADDLERY CO. 

Manufacturers of 

High Grade Harness and Saddles 



Everything in Leather 
and Canvas Goods for 
the Auto. 



Thermopolis Wyoming 



In Wyoming and Colorado Page Ninety-seven 



H. J. THOMPSON 
LUMBER CO. 



Lumber and Builders' 
Hardware, Paints and 
Glass " 



Distributors for Continential Oil Co. 
Crosby Coal 



Thermopolis Wyoming 

A. P. STEWART 
LUMBER CO. 



* 'Better Material Cheaper" 
Thermopolis Wyoming 

SMITH AND MURPHY 

Billiard Parlors 
Fine Cigars Tobaccos 



Otto W. Schmit Prop, and Mgr. 

BIG HORN THEATRE 

The House of High Class Amusement 
Thermopolis Wyoming 



THE MISSION 

Fine Cigars, Tobacco and Candies 

Cold Drinks When You're Hot — Hot Drinks When You're 

Cold Spaulding Goods Souvenirs Periodicals 

A. P. HANTZ, Prop. 

Page Ninety-eight Yellowstone Highway 



standing upon the hill west of the business portion of the town 
was more than sufficient to take care of the attendance. About 
that time the south wing was built and now it is becoming 
crowded and it is necessary for the district to provide additional 
room, steps looking toward which are being taken at this time. 

The County 

North of the city part you may observe the State Park, sur- 
rounded by a high woven wire fence. Here the state has provided 
a fine herd of elk and another of buffalo, and it is expected that 
other wild game will be provided as it can be procured. 

To the north of Thermopolis nine miles lies Lucerne, a thriv- 
ing farming community and destined to become a sugar beet and 
feeding center for this portion of the basin. The feeding of sheep 
and cattle for the market has only started in Hot Springs County, 
but those who have engaged in it have been more than successful. 
John J. Thornton, one of our County Commissioners, and the 
owner of approximately three thousand acres of fine land in the 
Owl Creek Valley about fifteen miles west of Thermopolis, in 
partnership with Mr. C. L. Jones, another ranchman of that 
district, has fed lambs for several seasons past, and has never 
failed after making a liberal allowance for. all labor and a good 
price for hay and pasture, to net from fifty cents to two dollars 
per head on lambs. The past year they felt lambs were too high 
and purchased calves instead, selling them after about two months 




Ranches, Thermopolis. 

feeding on alfalfa at an advance of seven dollars per head. B. 
H. Morrison, who lives within a quarter of a mile of the town 
of Lucerne, the past season fed a small bunch of approximately 
seven hundred head of old ewes, and they netted him after deduct- 
ing for his labor and hay, approximately $2,500.00. What wonder 
then that many of our farmers and ranchmen are preparing to feed 
during the coming year. The banks of the county have plenty of 
money and stand ready to aid them in this operation; it is a means 
of selling their hay and grain at a good figure, helps to enrich their 
land for another crop and almost without exception results in a 
nice profit for the ranchman. 

North of Lucerne about five miles lies Kirby, where there are 
small railroad repair shops and where the coal from the two mines 
is shipped. 

The ranches of Hot Springs County are for the most part small 
in size and the ranchman has recently been getting together a 
small bunch of stock which he has found is the only proper instru- 
ment through which to market his products. With about three 
hundred days of sunshine each year, seventeen inches of rainfall, 
a mild climate, little hail and no cyclones or tornadoes during the 
summer, his lot is not an unpleasant one. 

What say you then as to Hot Springs County? Why should we 
not, with all the resources of all the other counties of the state 
combined, become one of the richest communities of the west? 
Those red hills produce the red sandy loam, the most productive 
in the state, which puts iron in the alfalfa, making the gold mine 
of the farmer; those green hills produce some of the best cattle 
and sheep which roam outdoors, the gold mine of the stock raiser; 
those grey hills cover vast beds of coal, the gold mine of the coal 
miner, and from that blue depth flows the steaming water, the gold 
mine of the health-seeker. 



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W. H. Enderly 

General Hardware 
and Sporting Goods 

Gasoline and 
Motor Oils 

Automobile Supplies 

Thermopolis Wyoming 

The 
Palace Clothing Co. 

The Home of 
The Hart, Schaffner and Marx 

Thermopolis Wyoming 

The Gugenheim Co. 

The Ladies' Store 

Ladies' Ready-to-Wear and 
Dry Goods 

Thermopolis Wyoming 



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Hot Springs 

"Where Ponce De Leon's dreams came true," might appropri- 
ately be given as the title of an article on the Big Horn Hot Springs. 
When he came across the Atlantic with the early explorers, seek- 
ing the Fountain of Perpetual Youth, which legends told him he 
would find in the unknown western world, and whose waters held 
the magic property of giving to him who drank of them immunity 
from the physical ills to which mortals are heir, and bid defiance 
to the flight of time. Although eternal youth is not given to us in 
this life, probably nowhere else on earth is anything so nearly 
approaching the ideal of the old Spanish explorer as the Big Horn 
Hot Springs, Carlsbad, Aix la Chapelle, Marienbad and Teplits 




Cattle, Big Horn Basin, Thermopolis 



are of world-wide fame for their healing properties, and it is given 
as the opinion of eminent authorities that none of them contain 
more virtue than our own Springs at Thermopolis. Some years 
ago Prof. M. P. Schuetzenberger, of the College de France at Paris, 
analyzed the waters at the request of Dr. J. A. Schuelke and 
declared they represented the highest type known. Those who have 
been accustomed to seeing hot springs of the class represented by 
standing pools or trickling springs are amazed on visiting the Big 
Horn Hot Springs, where the Big Horn Hot Spring alone flows 
a volume of 18,600,000 gallons per 24 hours at a temperature of 135 
degrees Fahr. This hot spring is about 25 feet in diameter and 




Big Horn Canyon Near Thermopolis. 



boils as vigorously as any housewife's kitchen pot, presenting a 
grand and interesting spectacle, of which the visitor never tires. 
On flowing from the spring, the water wends its way about one- 
quarter of a mile, through a channel it has cut across the "forma- 
tion" and tumbles into the Big Horn River a beautiful falls of 
about forty feet. The magic charm of the springs, the falls and 



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Peterson Garage 



Sam Peterson, Prop. 



First class Repair Work 

A-l Mechanics 



Gasoline, Motor Oils, Tires and 
Everything in Supplies 



6th and Broadway Phone 30 



Safety First 

EFFICIENCY SERVICE 

GOLDEN BROS. 
"Clothes Restoring System" 

Phone 135-W 

Thermopolis Wyoming 



While in Thermopolis Visit 

The Big Store 

Reliable Merchandise 
for the Traveler 

M. McGrath Proprietor 



Page One Hundred Two Yellowstone Hiphtcay 



THE KEYSTONE HOTEL 

A. L. Owen, Prop. 
First Class Dining Room in Connection 

Rates Reasonable Quality the Best 

Thermopolis, Wyoming 

Go to Rothrock's Jewelry Store First 

Souvenir Spoons, Agate Jewelry, Diamonds, 
Watches, Silverware, Jewelry, etc. 

Thermopolis Wyoming 

THE METZ STUDIO 

Artists in Portraiture 

Latest Productions in Photographic Art 
Thermopolis Wyoming 

Herard's Rexall Drug Store 

Prescription Druggist 
Geo. W. Herard, Prop. Phone No. I 2 



The First National Bank 



H. P. Rothwell, Prest. 
M. McGrath, V.-Prest. 



W. T. Bivin, Cashier 
A. P. Thomas, Asst. Cash. 



Member of the Federal Reserve Association of 
the United States 

Letters of Credit and A. B. A. Travelers' Cheques issued 

Six Per Cent Interest Paid On Time Deposits 

We always take pleasure in entertaining appreciative 
visitors. Correspondence solicited 



Thermopolis 



Wyoming 




Pinto Scene, Worth Fork, Cody Road, Yellowstone Park 



In Wyoming and Colorado 



Page One Hundred Three 



the formation can not well be described, but must be seen to be 
appreciated. The formation spoken of consists of a snow white 
bed of the consistency of soft rock, covering several acres, and 
many feet in thickness, built through countless ages by the precipi- 
tation of the solids held in solution by the waters. In places it is 
formed into handsome terraces, while the walks from the bath- 
houses to the springs are provided by nature over a surface as 
smooth and firm as a cement floor. 



The Water 

The remarkable efficacy of these waters in the restoration of 
health is what commends them chiefly to the consideration of the 
suffering public. The water is especially effective in the cure of 
all blood and skin diseases, rheumatism, and kidney complaints. 
People come from hundreds of miles to take treatment here and 
when the waters are more thoroughly known they will draw their 
patrons from everywhere on the continent. Innumerable cases 
may be cited where other springs had failed to effect a cure and 
the sufferer found full and permanent relief here. 

When the tract on which the springs are located was bought 
by the government from the Indians in 1897, Washakie, chief of 
the Shoshones, stipulated that a portion of the water of the Big 
Spring should be reserved forever for free public use. In the pat- 
ent from the National Government to the State of Wyoming, of 
one mile square known as the Big Horn Hot Springs Reserve, the 
same condition was inserted, and it is thus assured that one-fourth 
of the water of the Big Spring will be free for all time. 

Besides the Big Spring, there are many smaller ones, of various 
chemical properties, and any disease that will yield to the treatment 
of hot water, will find its proper remedy among them. The water, 
when bottled, makes as fine a drink as any table water on the 
market. 

Below is an analysis of the water of the Big Spring, made by 
Prof. Schuetzenberger: 

Sulphuretted Hydrogen 0.0268 

Sulphate of Lime 0.6367 

Sulphate of Magnesium 0.3285 

Alkaline Chlorides of Sodium and Potas- 
sium 0.5583 

(Of this latter the Chloride of Sodium 
prevails four-fifths and the Chloride of 
Potassium one-fifth.) 

Carbonate of Lime 0.5250 

Oxide of Iron, Silica, Organic Matter and 
Loss 0.101 

Fixed Residue ! 2.1763 

This is per Litre. 
Temperature 135° F. 

Written by 




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Commissioner for Hot Springs County. 





First Autos to Enter the Park. 
License No. 1 Oicned by J. M. Schicoob, Cody, Wyo. 



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FIRST SHOP AT THERMOPOLIS 

Take a bath at the Star Plunge. 
Water supply from the Big Horn River. 
Radium Hot Springs flows 18,600,000 
gallons hot water every 24 hours. Cures 
Rheumatism, Paralysis, Blood and Skin 
Diseases, Stomach Trouble, etc. 

ROHR & HALM Proprietors 



EMERY ANNEX 



Rooms 75c to $2.50 



We Cater to the Better 
Class of Travel 



Mrs. T. B. Hood Proprietor 

THE WIGWAM 
First Class Rooms 75c, $1.00, $1.50 

Mrs. Fred Mudd, Proprietress Phone 120 

Thermopolis, Wyoming 

HOPEWELL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION 

Modern Equipment — Trained Nurses 

Dr. A. G. Hamilton, Chief Surgeon 

Dr. H. E. Byars, D. D. S. 

A. M. Guilliam, Manager 

Day Phone No. 85 — Night Phone No. 100 
Cottle Bldg. Thermopolis, Wyo. 

LINCOLN OWEN, REAL ESTATE 

The pioneer real estate man of Thermopolis. Ranches, 
lots, town property, everything you may desire in the 
real estate line. Drop in and have a little chat •with us. 
Office at the Keystone Hotel, on corner of 6th and 
Warren, south of Public, Thermopolis, Wyo. 



JOHN A. THOMPSON — FURNITURE 

Established in 1900 

A Clean, Up-to-Date Stock at Fair Prices 

UNDERTAKING 
Thermopolis Wyoming 



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KIRBY 

1Z"IRBY — of Hot Springs County — the latest edition to the towns 
in Big Horn Basin — was incorporated in 1915. Kirby is the 
junction on the C. B. & Q. R. R. for two of the largest coal mines 
in the west, the Owl Creek Coal Company and the Big Horn Col- 
liers. These mines employ about a thousand men in season. A 
third company, located west of Gebo, is now under organization. 
With two large payrolls and railroad payroll, Kirby is a town of 
great possibilities. 

Since the discovery of the great Grass Creek Oil Fields, Kirby, 
with its efficient yard service, has been the nearest and most con- 
venient point from which materials and supplies are quickly -dis- 
patched to the oil fields, and an immense amount of freight haul- 
ing is steadily going on from this place. Kirby is also shipping 
point for considerable cattle and sheep. 




Coal Mine at Thermopolis. 



Truck farming is being developed extensively, as the camps 
offer a splendid market for this industry. Though a new town, 
Kirby has one of the largest hotels in the Big Horn Basin with 
forty rooms, steam heated and other modern conveniences. The 
building is constructed of Gyp Blocks which are manufactured in 
the Basin. The school building and other buildings in town are 
constructed of the same material. We invite worthy and ambi- 
tious people to join with us and share with us the prosperity of 
the richest valley in the west. — Written by A. Johnson. 



J. B. WIGHTS 

U. S. Auto Transfer line to Coal Mines; also 
Auto Service to Oil Wells, Hot Springs and 
all near points. Heavy Dray Work to the 
Oil Fields a specialty. 



J. B. Wight 



Proprietor 



In Wyoming and Colorado 



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Hardware, Farm Ma- 
chinery 



The Store with the 
Greatest Variety 
of Goods in the 
Big Horn Basin 



KIRBY TOWN SITE 

John Nelson 



Lots for Sale On Easy Terms 



€J This is your chance to 
get in on the "ground 
floor" in a town with 
three payrolls. 

Page One Hundred Eight Yellowstone Highway 



SPEND A DAY HERE 

J. A. Howell, Commissioner of Washakie County. 
Washakie County, Wyoming, and the Town of Worland 

"DOSSIBLY no State in the Union is so little developed and more 
■* pregnant with undeveloped resources, than is the State of 
Wyoming. Washakie is one of the smallest and newest of the coun- 
ties of this promising commonwealth, and land of opportunity. Is 
bounded on the south by Hot Springs, and the north by Big Horn 
County, the Rocky Mountains on the west and the crest of the 
Big Horn Mountains on the East. It was originally a part of Big 
Horn County and was segregated from its parent county less than 

five years ago. The county was named 
for Chief Washakie, of the Shoshone 
Indian Tribe, who was a most unique 
character in his generation. History re- 
cords that he is the only known Indian 
chief who never took up arms against 
the Government and at his death, as a 
special mark of respect and esteem, was 
buried at old Fort Washakie with full 
military honors. The early settlement of 
what now constitues Washakie County 
was made in the valleys along the beau- 
tiful mountain streams flowing down the 
west slope of the Big Horn Mountains 
and this is one of the best developed por- 
tions of the county at the present time. 
Chief Washakie, Worland. Thirty-five miles east of Worland is situ- 
ated the proposed Big Horn National Park, the Bad land scenery 
along this thirty-five miles excels in grandeur the famous Garden 
of the Gods. Within the confines of this proposed national park 
are situated the Ten Sleep Lakes, Dome Lake, and numerous 
smaller ones, the shores of which are fretted with native pines. 
This is one of the most picturesque spots in America, and by many 
competent to judge, regarded as surpassing the Swiss Alps. Thir- 
ty-five miles southwest of Worland is the Grass Creek oil field, 
with about sixty pumping wells at this date. Forty miles due west 
of Worland is the little Buffalo Basin oil field, in which some pros- 
pecting has been done the past two years; but owing to the tre- 
mendous gas pressure encounted at a depth of eighteen hundred 
feet, development has been delayed. This field is to be fully tested 
out during the present summer and oil experts are of the opinion 
that it will prove to be one of the greatest oil fields in Wyoming. 



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General Merchandise 
Chatham Wyoming 



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WORLAND AND ITS SURROUNDINGS 



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OUTH of Worland six miles, on the Yellowstone 
Highway, is located the Wyoming Industrial Institute, 
a State institution for the training of delinquent boys 
and young men up to twenty-five years of age. It is 
a model institution and has set the standard for the 
care and treatment of this class, far above that of 
many of the older states of the Union. The State here operates 
a one thousand acre farm on which has been erected beautiful, 
modern buildings and every facility is provided for the mental, 
physical and moral development of those committed to the insti- 
tution. No one passing along the Yellowstone Highway should 
fail to avail himself of the educational advantage of a visit at this 
institute, where visitors are always welcome. The Big Horn River 
runs through the west central portion of the county from south 
to north and the Yellowstone Highway passes through this valley. 

The town of Worland is in the "Heart of the Big Horn Basin," 
has a population of nearly one thousand, and is a modern, up-to- 
date, thriving community, with every prospect of becoming one 
of the important cities of the State. Its school and church ad- 
vantages are fully up to the standard of any town of its size. 
There are two banks with a combined deposit of almost four hun- 
dred thousand dollars, a splendid water system, electric plant, 
alfalfa meal mill, grain elevator, nitroglycerine factory and Pro- 




Shoshone Reservoir on Cody Road to Park. 



fessor BufTums Emmer Breakfast Food factory. The elevation at 
Worland is 4,020 feet above sea level; climatic and soil conditions 
for agriculture and horticulture are ideal, and no attempt is made 
to grow crops without irrigation, as the annual precipitation of 
moisture averages about five inches. Tributary to the town is 
about sixty-five thousand acres of splendid irrigated land under 
good canals, controlled and operated by the farmers. When fully 
developed this irrigated area justifies the expectation of Worland 
becoming a city of 8,000 to 10,000 population. The valley of the 
Big Horn River is the home of alfalfa; wheat, Emmer, oats and 
barley and all kinds of vegetables grow to perfection and corn is 
raised with fairly good success. Sugar beet growing is becoming 
one of the chief agricultural pursuits; 1,500 acres having been 
planted this year in the Worland territory and all signs point to 
the building of a beet sugar factory at Worland within the next 
two years. The Black and Yellow Trail, from Milwaukee through 
the Black Hills to the National Park and the new National High- 
way from Savannah, Georgia through Omaha to the Northwest 
Coast, and the George Washington National Highway, all intersect 
the Yellowstone Highway at Worland. 

Written by C. F. Robertson Howell. 



In Wyoming and Colorado 



Page One Hundred Eleven 



MANDERSON, WYOMING 




ITUATED on the Yellowstone Trail and in the heart 
of the farming country of the Big Horn Basin is the 
village of Manderson. This small village is very 
advantageously placed, being between the fork of the 
Big Horn River and the Nowood River. It is sur- 
rounded by a large flat bench land which is under irri- 
gation. Sugar beets, alfalfa hay, beans and potatoes being the 
present main crops. At the village of Manderson is situated a 
large alfalfa meal mill to grind and take care of all the alfalfa hay, 
this giving the farmers a local market for their hay, which is the 
most inducing market known. To take care of their beets there 
are two beet dumps, one in the village and another about 2 l / 2 miles 
west of the place; this gives another home market, or practically 
so, as the sugar factory is located at the city of Lovell, a distance 
of 40 miles to the north. The farmers have a ready market for 
their produce, being located on the main line of the C. B. & Q. 
from Denver to Billings, train facilities being good. 

The natural resources of the place are many, good coal being 
mined a mile from the place, and some of the first oil discovered 
in the Big Horn Basin being found at a distance of 12 miles east 
of the town. Cattle raising is also a large factor with the 
ranchers in the broad valley of the Nowood which extends east 
of the village. This valley extends to the east and south to a dis- 
tance of over 100 miles, which is tributary to the town, including 
the two inland towns Hyattville and Tensleep, they also being 
located in this large valley. It is one of the oldest settled valleys 
in the State of Wyoming and has the asset of being one of the 
most extensive places for raising cattle and sheep, besides its great 
farming advantages. 

If you will turn to your map you will note that in a direct line 
from the village of Manderson is a proposed Big Horn National 
Park. This park consists mainly of the lakes and scenic mountains 
of Cloud's Peak. There are many summer resorts scattered about 
in the mountains east of the village, especially through the Ten- 
sleep country which is included in this large valley. This country 
is in easy access by automobile travel direct from the village of 
Manderson, trout fishing being very abundant in all of the streams. 
The climate is very hard to improve upon, the Basin country being 
very seldom frequented by any severe storms, it is the Garden of 
Eden of Wyoming. 

The village of Manderson consists of the following business 
houses: Two first-class hotels, First State Bank, hardware store, 
furniture store, three general merchandise and grocery stores, a 
drug store, lumber yard, coal office, livery and feed stable, black- 
smith shop and automobile repair shop. The village is in its 
infancy, but is bound to be one of the leading towns of the Big 
Horn Basin, being so advantageously placed and having its many 
resources. — Written by C. H. Burritt. 




Moonlight Scene on the Big Horn Mountains. 



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Yellowstone Highway 



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Staple and Fancy Groceries 
Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes 



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MANDERSON STATE BANK 

J. H. Montgomery, President 

A. K. Lee O. E. Nowels, Cashier 

Manderson, Wyoming 



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BIG HORN COUNTY 

H. H. Hime, Commissioner of Big Horn County 

To the Eastern tourist or prospec- 
tive homeseeker the name Big Horn 
has a very attractive sound. It brings 
at once to mind the Big Horn sheep 
and the Big Horn mountains, things 
and places of historical and romantic 
history. 

Big Horn County takes its name 
from the range of mountains of that 
name, and they in turn take their 
name from the Big Horn sheep. 
Through this County runs one of the 
largest rivers in the State, the Big 
h. h. Hime Horn. 

In a brief sketch such as this must be, one can merely 
glance at the resources of the country. Big Horn County 
is in the center of the famous Big Horn Basin, and is with- 
out doubt the finest agricultural region in the State. Its 
water .supply is boundless and the building of ditches and 
canals is an easy matter because of the fall of the streams 
and the broad areas to be covered with water. 





City Park, Basin, Wyo. 

The leading product of the County at this time is its splendid 
alfalfa crop, averaging about five tons to the acre. Because 
of the sunshine, alfalfa hay is cured and stacked in almost 
perfect condition, while the seed from this crop is becoming 
nation wide in its popularity, because of its purity and splendid 
growing qualities. Grains and vegetables also reach a point 
that is unsurpassed in any other place in the world. Grains 
yield heavily and weigh several pounds more to the bushel 
than elsewhere. All vegetables reach a point of perfection 
here that one must see to realize. 

In the matter of sugar beets, tests show that they contain 
more sugar content than those of any other section. The 
growing of sugar beets is from now on to play a big part 
in the agricultural possibilities of the country, because 
the fact that a sugar factory is being built at Lovell, on 
the Shoshone River, about fifty miles north of Basin. This 
factory will be ready to handle this year's crop. This will 



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Markham House 

Basin, Wyoming 



Best Hotel in Northwest" 



C. D. Markham, 
Proprietor 



ANTLER'S HOTEL 

Basin, Wyoming 



'The place to get a good 
bed and a good meal/' 



George M. Booth 



L. A. & A. E. ZANE 



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BASIN STATE BANK 



One Hundred Per Cent Service 



Come In and Get 
Acquainted 

Basin Wyoming 



PIONEER TRUST and SAVINGS BANK 

6% interest paid on time deposits. Our stringent bank- 
ing laws give you the same protection you get at home. 
Not a bank failure in Wyoming in over I 2 years. Pioneer 
Trust and Savings Bank, resources over $175,000. 

Basin, Wyoming 



BIG HORN COUNTY BANK 

Oldest Bank in the Big Horn Basin 

Will advance money on your letters 
of credit or sell you new ones. Trav- 
elers' checks for sale. A general bank- 
ing business transacted. Safe Deposit 
Boxes. 

D. L. Darr, President Robert P. Pearson, Cashier 

William Gibson, Vice-Pres. J. A. Coons, Asst. Cash. 

Basin Wyoming 



FRANK A. WISE 

KODAKS FILMS 

"No Extra Charge for Our 

Extra Service" 

We are looking for you and want 
you to be looking for us. 

WISE'S DRUGS 

The Rexall Store 
Basin Wyoming 



THE BASIN FURNITURE STORE 

Wm. Gibson, Prop. 

Page One Hundred Sixteen Yellowstone Highway 



not only insure the growing of thousands of acres of beets, 
but it means the feeding of sheep and cattle by the thou- 
sands of head in all parts of the Basin. With the beet 
tops and pulp and the wonderful hay and grain grown here, 
it means that all stock shipped from the Basin will be in 
prime condition and ready to top the Eastern stock markets. 
It will open a field of industry, the value of which is difficult 
to realize. 

Stock raising is another of the big and important indus- 
tries. With unlimited quanties of the finest feed in the 
world grown here on the ranches, and with the splendid 
mountain pastures and the winter grazing in the rough 
lands back from the streams, conditions are almost perfect 
for stock. This industry is bound to grow in importance, 
because of the grazing possibilities. This can never be 
restricted to any extent, consequently is one of the perma- 
nent features of our prosperity. 

Sheep do exceptionally well here and the Basin country 
is one of the big sheep countries of the state. 

Industry 

Hogs are another important stock industry that is con- 
stantly receiving more and better attention. Conditions 
are perfect for the growing of hogs. Our alfalfa pastures 
give them bone and muscle and the grains and beets grown 
here put them in first-class condition for killing, while 
diseases are practically unknown. 

One of the big things to attract the Eastern investor is 
the oil prospects here. In the last few years this industry 
has reached great proportions. While it has been known 
for some time that we had oil here, it is only within a very 
recent day that much effort has been made to drill for it. 
At Greybull, known as the oil town of the State, is situated 
a new refinery that is able to take care of thousands of 
barrels of oil per day, and they are building to it all the 
time to take care of the increased oil supply. There are 
many wells in and near the town, from which they draw 
their supply, as well as from the famous Torchlight district 
two and one-half miles east of Basin. This Torchlight 
country was the first place where it was known that oil 
existed in paying quantities, and that country is being 
drilled in a systematic manner, and it is .said by oil experts 




A Gusher Near Basin. 



In Wyoming and Colorado 



Page One Hundred Seventeen 



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BASIN GARAGE 



Biggest and Best in 
the Big Horn Basin 



Complete Line of Accessories 



Work Guaranteed 

Open Day and Night 

FORD SERVICE STATION 



Phone 29-W 



G. W. BLACK & COMPANY 
Basin Wyoming 

JOHNSON-PEASE COMPANY 

Everything for Tourist and Auto Wear 

€fl Here you'll get the latest things for your- 
self and family gloves, hosiery, shirts, blouses, 

skirts, outing suits, automobile caps, veils, 
gloves and anything you want for auto wear. 

We Clothe the Whole Family 
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Page One Hundred Eighteen Yellowstone Hiphicay 



that it will be a producing" section for many years to come. 
In addition to all this, other sections are being explored 
every day and it is expected that the oil-bearing country 
will be greatly enlarged in a very short time. Two new 
organizations are making preparations to begin extensive 
and exhaustive prospecting near the town of Basin and 
possibly in the town. 

The Oil Industry 

The oil industry has caused the location of oil well supply 
companies, that has added much to the business of the 
country, and this business is constantly growing. It is 
expected that machine shops will soon be located here to 
take care of the oil well work. This oil well work has 
caused a demand for heavy machine work and repairs, and 
a shop to take care of it is an absolute necessity. Basin 
is also the headquarters of the several large oil companies 
and from here all the oil business is carried on, thus making 
it the center of the oil business and the headquarters of oil 
men and investors. 

The route followed by the auto tourist is through 
the best part of the Basin, from an agricultural standpoint, 
so that the tourist and homeseeker can see at a glance just 
what we have. As you come through the Ten Sleep and 
Hyattville country you get a fine view of the Big Horn 
mountains and their many attractions, and the stock pos- 
sibilities they possess. Here the traveler can stop over and 
enjoy some of the finest trout fishing in the world. There 
will be many side trips of interest to the tourist provided 
for in the very near future. The Big Horn Mountains offer 
some of the finest scenery in the world and there are many 
points of interest that will be well worth stopping over to 
visit. 

The tourist will also see much of interest and value in 
visiting the many oil wells and the refinery. There are 
also gas wells close to Basin, while at Byron, about fifty 
miles north of Basin, is the largest gas well in the world, 
with many others of but little less volume. This gas supply 
will furnish fuel for years to come for all kinds of manu- 
facturing plants. 




Street Scene, Basin, Wyo. 

Possibilities 

The tourist and also the homeseeker are always interested 
in the towns through which he passes or in which he may 
expect to locate. Being one of the important towns along 
the Yellowstone Highway, Basin is naturally one of inter- 
est. Here will be found a town with all modern improve- 
ments, such as water, sewer, electric lights and gas heating 
and lighting, the only town in the West with all such facili- 
ties. Basin is a town of many beautiful homes, and its 
streets are lined with trees that are pleasing to the eye and 
show the wonderful possibilities of the soil. But few towns 



In Wyoming and Colorado 



Page One Hundred Nineteen 



West can boast of as many beautiful and thrifty trees as 
can Basin. The gardens in Basin are one of its many 
attractions and are a source of both pleasure and profit. 

The town is well provided with hotels and restaurants, 
the equal of any in the West, and this service will be added 
to this summer by the addition of a fine new brick hotel 
of 60 rooms that will be modern in every detail. All 
arrangements have been completed for this building, as well 
as the building of many new dwellings, by a Denver cor- 
poration that has become heavily interested here. There 
are also many other buildings going up that will add much 
to the town. 

The Best of Educational Advantages 

Here will be found one of the best high schools in the 
State, modern in every way. Spacious playgrounds have 
been provided, which will be fitted up in the best possible 
manner for the athletic amusement of the students. 

The town has all the church organizations, and most of 
them have good buildings, and others are under contem- 
plation. 

The Carnegie Librarv at Basin is one of the best build- 
ings of its kind in the West, and is of much interest to the 
tourist or homeseeker. 

The auto tourist is greatly interested in garage facilities 
and repair shops. In this particular, Basin is far in the 
lead. With two garages, well supplied with every necessitv 
to repair autos, the traveler can rest assured of quick and 
perfect service. Each garage has the very best equipment 
and with plenty of room for the storing of autos. The town 
also has a tire repair shop that has no .superior any place, 
and which offers quick and effective service. 

You will find some of the best stores in the West in Ba- 
sin, where everything the traveler can ask for is carried 
in stock and at reasonable prices. 

You will be glad to see Big Horn County and the town 
of Basin, and the people will be glad to see you. — Written 
by Lew Blakesley. 




Mountain Road on Bip Horn Mountain. 



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BASIN ENTERPRISE STORE 

Fancy Groceries 



Across Street from Carnegie Library 



E. A. Davis 



Proprietor 



BASIN ALFALFA MILLING CO. 



Basin, Wyoming 



Basin 



THREE MILLS 
Manderson 



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One of Many Beautiful Homes of Basin, Wyoming 

J. B. THOMPSON 

Lumber and Hardware Company 

We furnish all material for a 

Complete Building 

BIG HORN MILLING COMPANY 

Basin, Wyoming 



Page One Hundred Twenty-two 



Yellowstone Hiahicay 




PARK COUNTY AND CODY 

L. L. Newton, Commissioner for Park County 

ARK COUNTY, often called the scenic countv 
of Wyoming, nestles close up to Yellowstone 
Park and shares with it many of the attractions 
of Nature's handiwork. 

While ,she boasts of interest she has to tour- 
ists from afar who travel to view her moun- 
tains, fish in her streams and hunt big game, she has indus- 
trial qualities that bring her to the attention of the home 
builder. 

Agricultural Opportunities 

Park County has more than doubled in population in the 
last ten years. Much land has been taken up as home- 
steads, dry farms and deserts, homes have been built and 
plenty and contentment have come to these pioneers who 
were willing to undergo the inconveniences of a new 
country. 

The Government Project 

Under the Shoshone project, of which the town of Powell 
is the commercial center, over two thousand people have 
settled. What was a barren waste less than ten years ago 
is now cultivated farms with good homes, schools and 
churches. 

^ This project is by no means completed and the reclama- 
tion service is extending the laterals to take in larger areas 
and as these are thrown open to entry are eagerly sought 
by homemakers. 

The water is taken from the Shoshone River, which has 
an abundant flow the entire year. Water insurance is pro- 
vided by a vast reservoir, backed up against the mountain 
sides by the great Shoshone dam, the next to the highest in 
the world. It is diverted fifteen miles below and spread 
out upon the land for twenty miles down a valley many 
miles in width. 

This project will be more than double its present size 
before all of the land is brought under the canals and offers 
future possibilities to those who are seeking homes in the 
West. 

South Fork of Shoshone River 

So much attention has been given to the Cody Road lead- 
ing along the North Fork to the Park that one seldom 
realizes that there is a South Fork Road, and that it leads 
through and into a region the peer in beauty of any in the 
State. 

From Cody to the South Fork Canyon is approximately 
50 miles. The Road leads through a variety of country, from 
the hills of colored soil near Cody, along the shore of the 
great Shoshone Government Lake, across the fertile farm- 
ing lands of the Irma Flat, traveling on due south into the 
heart of the Rockies. The jagged line of Carter Mountain 
closes in on the east, while the great piled up masses of 
Table Mountain with its quaint Chinese wall of natural 
rock and seried hills bound it on the west. 

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When half the distance is traveled you come to the rolling 
hills, a magnificent stretch of cattle range running up to 
the timber and rock pinnacles of the mountains. The Road 
soon drops down to the river level, following the stream 
on up to the canyon. The valley narrows to a few miles 
in width, shut in by a great rock rampart on either side, 
with the snow-capped peaks rising to twelve and thirteen 
thousand feet to the south. 

Numerous ranches are scattered along the upper part of 
the route, offering attractive accommodations for motor- 
ists who wish to spend a week or two riding in the hills 
or fishing the river. Both Rocky Mountain and Eastern 
brook trout will be found in quantity and size. 

To sum up the South Fork of the Shoshone offers a new 
and unspoiled field for the motorist, a region of Cottonwood 
groves, streams and snowy mountains, rolling .stretches of 
range country and picturesque ranches. 

Powell 

* 

This city is the center of the Shoshone project and is 
growing rapidly. It has every business represented. Its 
people are composed of a highly educated class who have 
"gone back to the soil." Its schools and churches are of 
the highest order. Powell is on the Billings-Cody way and 




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Hauling Wool. Cody, Wyo. 

may be reached from Cody over that route. It is worth 
anyone's time and expense to see what water will do for 
desert land when properly applied. It is fully demonstrated 
in the farm area of the Powell country. 

Powell has two neAvspapers. the Tribune and the Leader. 
To keep in touch with that section, these papers will furnish 
the necessary information from week to week. 

Clark's Fork 

This rich irrigated section is the oldest part of Fork 
County and is highly developed. The ranches in that val- 
ley grow immense quantities of rough feed and feed thou- 
sands of cattle every year. The water comes from mountain 
streams and its purity gives the people of Clark's Fork 
the best of drinking water. The valley is reached from 
Cody over the Black and White Trail, a log of which may 
be obtained from the Chairman or Secretary of the Yellow- 
stone Highway Association. 



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Yclloxcstone Highway 







Col. W. F. Cody 

BUFFALO BILL'S HOTEL 



The Irma American Plan 

Rates $3.00 and $4.00 

Col. W. F. Cody, Owner F. H. Garlow, Mgr. 



Buffalo Bill's Own Home Ranch 

THET E 

In the heart of the Rockies, 34 miles from Cody, Wyo., 
at the eastern entrance to Yellowstone 'Park, is to be 

Opened to Tourists, June 1 , 1916 

For the first time, and from that date on will accommo- 
date guests the year 'round. Best fishing in Wyoming. 
Borders on America's finest big game hunting district. 
Camping and hunting parties, with first class equipment, 
given special attention. Horseback trips to Yellowstone 
Park. An ideal place for a summer outing. For descrip- 
tive book and information address, F. H. GARLOW, Mgr., 
Ishawooa, Wyoming. 



A. B. Felsheim 



Wm. H. Felsheim 



The STANDARD RESTAURANT 

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Sunlight 

This mining district holds for the traveler a great deal oi 
interest. The mountain scenery is perhaps the best in all 
the West, and as soon as the country is opened up with 
an automobile road will be visited by thousands every 
year. The fishing is excellent and wild game is plentiful. 
Beautiful mountain streams, crystal lakes, pine forests and 
peaks that tower above the clouds produce a picture that 
should hang in the art gallery of everyone's memory. 

This section is peopled by thrifty ranchers, who raise 
cattle and horses. Mining is one of the chief resources, and 
although still in the prospect stage development work will 
be done as soon as the transportation problem is solved. 

The Wiley Project 

On the south side of Shoshone River lays a vast area of 
land susceptible to irrigation, waiting to be financed. It 
is a big proposition with upwards of 200,000 acres of land 
that will meet with ready sale as soon as water can be put 
upon it. 

It has been estimated that the land may be brought under 
ditches for about $20 per acre and would sell at $40, which 
would return a good profit to any organization with the 
money and ability to complete the project. 

The Lake View Project 

This is a comparatively small tract of several thousand 
acres of very rich land that is waiting financial backing to 
place on the market an area that is rich in possibilities 
and will be profitable to the investor. The water is taken 
from the South Fork of the Shoshone River and the ditch 
problem is not a serious one. 

This project might be handled in conjunction with the 
Wiley, as the two head gates are in about the same location. 

The Greybull Valley 

The stock interests of the Greybull River Valley com- 
mend themselves to settlers. This rich valley is one of the 
best in the West and ranches may be had here at a low 




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the South Fork of the Shoshone River, and at an eleva- • 

tion of 6,500 feet. A 2 J/2 hour run in a car will bring 
you to the ranch house, at the same time giving the & 

motorist an excellent opportunity to see the mountains 
and range country of the Shoshone region. q 

Cfl The ranch buildings are all of the old time western log 
construction with post office, ranch store, large living q 

room with stove, fire place; individual cabins, extensive 
corrals, etc. A large Cottonwood grove shelters a num- 
ber of comfortable floored tents for guests who prefer $ 
them. • 

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cratic. No formalities of any sort will be found. 

t| The Shoshone River and numerous creeks in the vicin- # 

ity supply the best fishing in the country, while the loca- 
tion of the ranch at the entrance of the three main trails £ 
into the mountains and Big Game district make it a nat- • 
ural headquarters for hunting parties. The ranch will 
furnish complete pack outfits, guides, cooks, horse- ® 
wranglers, etc., for either hunting trips or Yellowstone 
Park and Jackson Hole parties. 2 

{J At the Valley Ranch camp on Bridger Lake, 34 miles 
distant, canoes will be ready for a run down the Yellow- & 

stone through the game district of the Park to Yellow- • 

stone Lake. 

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by the day, $5 per person. This includes the use of 
horse, saddle, etc., no extras. Mail three times a week. • 

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On the Cody Road, nine miles from Yellowstone Park. 
Log cabins with open fireplaces, baths free to guests. 
Rates $3.00 per day. Alluring horseback trips to Fish- 
hawk Glacier, Paradise Valley and the Grand Tetons. 
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figure. By combining, several as large tracts as may be 
desired can be obtained. Registered stock is specialized 
in at the May and the Phelps ranches. These people own 
many thousand acres of rich deeded lands. 

Meeteetse is an interesting inland town and has always 
been an excellent trading point. The News, a live local 
paper, covers the field and boosts that section. Two banks, 
three stores and a full complement of other business houses 
supply the people with their needs in all lines. This town 
may be reached from Cody by a good road at most seasons 
of the year and is well worth the trip. One would have 
to travel far to find a more typical Western town than 
Meeteetse. 




Holm's Lodge 

Sulphur Deposits 

Park County has three important beds of sulphur. One 
is located near town at the base of Cedar Mountain and 
may be seen by a few minutes run from town. The com- 
pany operating the mills have more orders than they can 
fill and their output has been sold for several years in ad- 
vance. The ore is rich in sulphur, the bed contains several 
square miles, the cost of refining is low, which makes a 
splendid resource to the County. 

Sunlight district has perhaps the largest bed of sulphur 
in the world. It is located about fifty miles from Cody. 
The country may not be seen from an automobile, although 
a good wagon and pack road will take one to the field in 
two days. This vast bed is being held by local people 
waiting for men of financial strength to take hold with them 
and develop it. 

On the Northfolk located near Sweetwater Creek is the 
third bed of sulphur deposit. This is owned by the Wapita 
Mining Company and considerable amount of development 
work has been done. An hour's ride up the stream from 
Wapita on horseback will bring one to this property. The 
transportation problem is not a great one to this company, 
for they will use the Yellowstone Highway from Cody to 
within five miles of the deposit. From there the grade is 
not steep and a good road can be constructed without a 
great outlay of money. 

Mining 

In addition to the sulphur interests there are rich stratas 
of copper, gold, silver and iron. The Sunlight District is a 
promising field. It is still in the prospect stage awaiting 
development by capitalists. 



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Clothing Department 

Everything for the men and boys. 
Outing clothing, shirts, hats, caps, 
shoes a specialty. 



Dry Goods Department 

Ladies' and Misses' clothing, shoes, 
automobile hats and caps, veils, 
etc., and a complete stock of dry 
goods and notions. 



Hardware Department 

Fishing tackle and sporting goods, 
automobile supplies, tires, tubes, 

chains, etc., and general hardware. 



Grocery Department 

Complete line of staple and fancy 
groceries, fresh fruits, vegetables 
and special lunch and delicatessen 
goods. Oils and gas for the auto. 



Information Cheerfully Furnished 



Rest Room for the Ladies 



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Ford springs, axles, radius 
rods, etc. ; Texaco, Vee- 
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Oils. Livery. Expert re- 
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Oil has become one of Park County's leading products 
the past few months. Several standard rigs are now drill- 
ing and while little can be said at this writing concerning 
the quantity, the field is a promising one. The whole coun- 
try is covered by leases and by the time the tourist travel 
starts there will be twenty rigs at work. 

Wool 

Park County produces one-eighth of the wool of Wyo- 
ing, the State which leads the nation in that industry. 
Sheep are grazed upon the vast sage brush flats and the 
forest reserve and each year about two million pounds are 
marketed here. 

Cattle 

The cattle business has made rapid growth the last year 
and many thousand head of stock have been added to' the 
range. Whole train loads of beef are shipped from Cody 
and the range is of such a character that the stock go di- 
rectly to the beef market. 

Farming 

The agricultural business has become more profitable each 
year. The farmers have created their own market by the 
addition of livestock to their farms and as a result are 
showing an annual profit that is acceptable to them. Their 
buildings of log are being replaced by frame and the places 
begin to lose their Western air and take on the aspect of 
Iowa and Illinois farms. Silos are being built and improved 
methods employed in this pursuit. 




B. C. Rumsey Stock Ranch — One of the Best in the State, at Cody 

Climate 

Park County boasts of its healthful and invigorating cli- 
mate, 350 days of sunshine in the year, moderate winters 
and cool summers. The wind blows occasionally, but the 
country is free from tornadoes, thunder storms and bliz- 
zards. 

Plenty of Water 

There is an abundance of pure mountain water in Park 
County for domestic and irrigation purposes. The possi- 
bilities of power development are very great and all that 
could be desired. Power sites are easy to obtain on any of 
the swift flowing .streams. In the Shoshone Canyon near 
Cody, electric current may be developed at low cost. 

Cody 

Cody is the County seat of Park County and was founded 
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Phone 5 Opposite Irma Hotel 

The Park Garage 



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Reasonable Prices 



G. I. Newton Manager 

CODY WYOMING 



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Repair Shop. Auto Frames. 
Springs and body repairing 
a specialty. 



Wagon Work and Horse 
Shoeing at 

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showman. He still makes Cody his home and although 
with his show several months of the year, finds time to 
spend a few weeks among his neighbors and friends who 
are proud to call him a citizen. 

The town has a population of 1,500 and does business 
with districts that are 100 miles distant. There are no re- 
tired people, all are actively engaged in the various pur- 
suits that make up a thriving Western city. 

Cody a Home Town 

It is essentially a home town and the people live here 
because they like the place and like each other. It is proud 
of its principal crop, the boys and girls it is training in 
its schools and churches for it is developing a citizenship of 
the highest order. 

The various church denominations are well represented, 
fine edifices have been erected for worship, the lodges are 
strong and temples have been built for their use. 

The school is accredited and students enter the leading 
universities from its high .school. The Cody schools intro- 
duced the departmental system several years ago and were 
the first to extend it as low as the third grade. Teachers 
who have specialized in the various branches are employed 
and the system of education has proven efficient. Salaries 
here are higher than in towns of this size usually, and a 
high type of efficiency is demanded by the Board of Educa- 
tion. 

The County has recently established a Carnegie Library, 
the building being built by the Carnegie Foundation. The 
library is supported by a direct tax and ample funds are 
provided. The librarian is a trained specialist in that line 
and has organized the County so that branch libraries are 
established at every postorfice and the parcel post reaches 
every rancher with the books he wishes without cost of 
postage. 

Two banks with plenty of capital head the financial in- 
terests of the community. They show a constant growth in 
deposits which speaks for the prosperity of the community 
along material lines. 

The stores of Cody would do credit to a town of 50,000 
people. The stocks are not only large, but the goods car- 
ried reflect the present-day styles. Competition is keen 
among the various tradesmen, but a spirit of co-operation 
along any line for the good of the community is manifested 
in their ability to get together and co-operate. 

The Town is efficiently managed by five councilmen who 
look after the interests of the city in a capable manner. 
The sidewalks and crossings are of cement and the rock 
crusher is producing a top surface material that will give 
the town the best .streets in the West. 

Cody has two newspapers. The Enterprise was estab- 
lished by Col. W. F. Cody and John H. Peake in 1900. and 
is now edited by W. L. Simpson. The Herald is edited by 
L. L. Newton, secretary of Yellowstone Highway Associa- 
tion. Both papers reflect the spirit of the town and get to- 
gether under every movement for its advancement. Sample 
copies are obtainable without charge and a regular visit 
of the papers will keep one informed as to the rapid devel- 
opment this country is making. — Written by L. L. Newton. 



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THE EASTERN ENTRANCE TO THE PARK 

THE Cody, or Eastern entrance as it is sometimes called, 
has the indorsement of the Secretary of the Interior's 
Office as the mose beautiful and most attractive entrance to 
any National Park in the United States. 

The distance from Cody to the top of Sylvan Pass, or 
rather to the point on the road where one first gets a view 
of the Grand Tetons Mountains, and at once a most mag- 
nificent birdseye view of the wonderful Yellowstone Lake, 
is perhaps the most scenic 70 miles of Highway in the 
United States. It may be that some one can make this trip 
without being attracted by its grandeur, magnificence and 
gigantic stature. But the writer has never heard the ex- 
pression from anyone that there is anywhere in the world 
another such a view of Nature's own handiwork. 

A great many people may have seen this view in pass- 
ing, but perhaps did not think what an advantage the Cody 
Road has over other roads, in that it passes over and 
through the wonderful Sylvan Pass, with its highest point 
miles above the sea-level and that it affords the best view 
of the Yellowstone Park. 




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In the writer's judgment it is a place that has not yet 
received its share of publicity, but when once known will 
be very popular with writers and painters. Cody is a very 
attractive town with many future prospects, located near 
the mouth of the great Shoshone Canyon, wherein is lo- 
cated the Government Dam, in itself an attraction worth 
coming across the continent to see. Through this canyon 
a road has been chiseled in and through granite, forming 
hanging roadways and long tunnels, sometimes skirting 



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When you arrive at Cody get your meals at 

MRS. CH AMBERLIN' S 

Opposite Irma Hotel 

Good Home Cooking 
Meals 50c Cody, Wyo. 



THE BAKERY 



Sanitary Wrapped 
Bread 



Lunch Goods and 

Groceries 

Cody Wyoming 



Lunch Meats for Travelers 

€JThe Palace Market has special service to 
offer Tourists in the line of fresh and salt 
lunch meats, prepared in a scientific and san- 
itary manner. Our salesforce will be pleased 
to serve you acceptably. 

Ralph Wiltse 

THE PALACE MARKET 

Cody Wyoming 



THE CODY CAFE 

Open Night 
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Blanche Gokel Proprietor 



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* Welcome To Our City" 

For Stability and Service 
We Are Not Excelled - - 
You Are Invited to at Least 
Make Us a Friendly Call 

First National Bank of Cody, Wyo. 



{JThe Shoshone National Bank of 
Cody, Wyoming, is located at the 
Eastern Entrance to the Yellow- 
stone National Park, where it buys 
and sells all current forms of Trav- 
elers' Credits and invites tourists 
to utilize freely its exceptional 
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We Carry a Fine Line of 

CURIOS AND SOUVENIRS 
Make Us a Visit While In Cody 

Bennett's 

CODY DRUG and JEWELRY CO. 

Cody Wyoming 



Montana Life Insurance Company 

The Agency force has the reputation of producing 
more business for the number of men employed 
than any other company in the United States, 
which goes to show the quality, as well as the 
capacity of the men engaged. — Montana Banker, 
September 10, 1915. 

MONTANA LIFE POLICIES ARE ADAPTED 
TO MEET EVERY NEED 

H. R. Cunningham, V.-P. and Gen. Mgr. 

A. C. Johnson, Pres. 

Charles A. Evans, General Agent, Cody, Wyoming 



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CODY STEAM LAUNDRY 

Loewer and Shields, Props. 

STEAM AND FRENCH DRY CLEANING 

One Day Work a Specialty 
We Cater to the Tourist Trade 

Work Done Under the Supervision of an Expert 
Auto Delivery Phone 62 



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This Book 



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Navajo Blankets, Souvenir Spoons, 

Leather Goods, Post Cards 

Pennants 

It Will Pay You to See Us First 

HARDING CURIO & DRUG CO. 

The P. O. Store 



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the rushing, mad waters of the Shoshone River, and at 
times ,so far above the river, that the sound of the rushing 
water cannot be heard. The Road was built by U. S. en- 
gineers and, while it may stand improving some, is safe for 
travel. 

The dam forms a lake of clear, cold water, reaching for 
miles up the two branches of the Shoshone River, affording, 
on leaving the canyon, an uninterrupted view of splendid 

mountain scenes, that while grand, only invite one to take 
the trip deeper into the heart of the Rocky Mountains, 

where lies the Yellowstone Park. 

The distance between the canyon and Sylvan Pass affords 
pleasure and profit to only one that can realize that the en- 
tire distance is crowded with scenes, and the traveler finds 
himself speculating as to what new wonder the next turn 
of the road will bring forth. On approaching the Upper 
Shoshone Canyon one finds the Avidth of the valley narrow- 
ing, and the two mountain peaks that form the entrance 
to this store room of wonders cordially invites the trav- 
elers to so fill their eyes and heart with admiration that the 
trip may never be forgotten. In all this wide world there 
is no grander or more magnificent trip of 70 miles. 

Entering the Eastern entrance the traveler will see Cody, 
a town full of good people and possibilities, the Shoshone 
Canyon, Frost Cave (now a National Monument), the in- 
comparable Government Dam, Shoshone Lake in its seat of 
high mountains, surrounded by a good automobile road and 
ranch homes of some most contented Eastern people ; hang- 




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ing rock, Holy City a bit of rock formation that has the 
appearance of some prehistoric ruined city, the original 
Eagle's Nest, Chimney Rock, the Madonna, 'Window Rock, 
die Pulpit, the Devil's Elbow, and many other points of 
national interest. 

The distance from Cody to the Park line is 55^ miles. 
Cody is reached either by C, B. & 0. Railroad, or via auto- 
mobile road — a new transportation company, known as 
Cody-Sylvan Pass Motor Company, is now operating trans- 
portation cars as far as the Lake Hotel in the Park, where 
it is then necessary to take regular transportation around 
the Park, leaving Cody in the morning, stopping for lunch 
half way and reaching Lake Hotel for dinner. 

If tourist desires to .stop for awhile on the Cody side of 
the Park there are a number of resorts.. Among some of 
the best are Holm Lodge, Pahaska, and Frost and Rich- 
ards, where the rates are very reasonable. 

The Eastern entrance invites everyone, and to once go 
over this road means to come again or send a friend, with 
assured satisfaction and fast friendship to this — the most 
magnificent country of dreams. — Written by Gus Holm's. 

All Roads Center in Cody or Lead Away 

from Cody 

The remarkably desirable location of Cody affords it ad- 
vantages over a good many other places, situated as it is 
at the foot of mountains practically surrounding the town 
and directly on the Yellowstone Park Road to the eastern 
entrance, only a few miles from the mouth of the most won- 




Great Falls 

derful Shoshone Canyon, a view which is, itself, well worth 
a trip across the continent. However, it is not without a 
great deal of forethought and effort on the part of its local 
citizens that Cody is so favorably situated. The majority 
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Yellowstone Highway 



donations, as help to the County Commissioners. 

In addition to the Yellowstone Highway, there are three 
other roads leading direct to Cody: one, the Black and Yel- 




Camping Yellowstone Park 

low Trail, the route selected as the George Washing- 
ton Transcontinental Highway, leading- direct from Chi- 
cago west through Minnesota, South Dakota, through the 
Black Hills, traversing the Northern part of the State of 
Wyoming to Buffalo, and thence over the Big Horn Moun- 
tains. 

A road is being built by the forest service, at an enormous 
expense, over the mountains to the head of Ten Sleep 
Creek, down through the Ten Sleep Canyon into the Big 
Horn Basin to Worland, Wyo., where it intersects the 
Yellowstone Highway. In the Big Horn Mountains, 
directly on this Highway, is the location of the pro- 
posed Big Horn Mountain National Park which will some- 
time in the future be one of the attractive playgrounds of 
the United States. 

Splendid Roads 

The Billings-Cody way is a splendid piece of road 121^4 
miles long, tapping the Yellowstone Trail at Laurel, Mon- 
tana, passing through the Powell Section of the Shoshone 
irrigation project and intersecting the Yellowstone High- 
way one-half mile East of Cody. 

The Black and W T hite Road follows along the foot of the 
mountains leaving the National Park's Highway at Colum- 
bus, Montana, hugging the foot of the mountains South- 
erly through Red Lodge and intersecting the Yellowstone 
Highway. From Cody on, all these Highways pass through 
the Shoshone Canyon and up the North Fork of the River, 
a description of which will be found in another portion of 
this article. 

In addition to being the leading road in the State of Wy- 
oming, the Yellowstone Highway is destined to become the 

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first built link in the proposed Park to Park Highway, a 
Highway being promoted pursuant to a suggestion made 
by Hon. Stephen T. Mather, Assistant to the Secretary oi 
the Interior, to the effect that the Federal Government be 
asked to build and maintain a good Highway connecting all 
of the National Parks in the Western part of the United 
States. 

At this writing a meeting has been called by the Yel- 
lowstone Highway Association to be held at the Canyon 
Hotel at the Yellowstone National Park, July 24th and 25th, 
1916, for the purpose of interesting all the different States 
that this Park to Park Highway traverses, in an organiza- 
tion for the purpose of promoting and furthering this High- 
way. This work is conducted by the officers of the Yel- 
lowstone Highway at Cody, who will be glad to co-operate 
with anyone in the interest of this Park to Park Highway. 





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DISTANCES. 

East Entrance to Lako Hotel, 28 miles. 

Lake Hotel to Grand Canyon, 17 miles. 

Grand Canyon to Tower Falls, via Mount 
Washburn, 111 miles. 

Grand Canyon )o Tower Falls, via Dun- 
raven Pass, 1G miles. 

Grand Canyon to Norris Basin, 12 miles. 

Tower Falls to Cooke City. :!() miles. 

Tower Falls to Mammoth Hoi Springs, 20 
miles. 

Mammoth not Springs to North Entrance 
(Gardiner, Mont.), 5 miles. 

Mammoth Hot Springs to Norris Basin, 
20 miles. 

Norris Basin to West Entrance (Yellow- 
stone, Mont.), 27 miles. 

West Entrance to Fountain Hotel, 21 
miles. 

Norris Basin to Cascades of the Fir. hole, 
14.7 miles. 

Cascades of the Fireholo to the Fountain 
Hotel, 5.3 miles. 

Fountain Hotel to old Faithful inn, 9 
miles. 

Old Faithful inn to Thumb of Yellow- 
stone Lake, 19 miles. 

Thumb of Yellowstone Lake to South 
Entrance, 23 miles. 

Thumb of Yellowstone Lake to Lako 
Hotel, 15 miles. 



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